PATRIOTS VS . S EAHAWKS
SERIES HISTORY TALE OF THE TAPE The New England Patriots and the Seattle 2008 Regular Season New England Seattle Seahawks meet for the 15th time and just Record 7-5 2-10 the second time since 1993. This will be Divisional Standings T-2nd T-3rd the first time the Patriots have played Total Yards Gained 4,261 3,088 at Qwest Field. The Patriots have not Total Offense (Rank) 355.1 (9) 257.3 (31) played a regular-season game in Rush Offense 130.5 (9) 108.5 (21) Seattle since Sept. 17, 1993. Since Pass Offense 224.6 (11) 148.8 (31) that time, the Patriots have played in Points Per Game 23.1 (18) 18.0 (T-25) every other NFL city. The cross Touchdowns Scored 28 23 country opponents have split the Third Down Conversion Pct. 41.2 30.0 previous 14 games in the series. Total Yards Allowed 3,809 4,640 The last time the two squared off was in 2004 Total Defense (Rank) 317.4 (13) 386.7 (30) when The Patriots won by a 30-20 score at Rush Defense 105.6 (14) 121.5 (22) Gillette Stadium to end a five-game losing Pass Defense 211.8 (16) 265.2 (32) streak against the Seahawks. The Patriots Points Allowed/Game 21.3 (12) 25.9 (26) have had the upper hand in road games Touchdowns Allowed 29 32 against the Seahawks as they own a 3-2 Third Down Defense (Pct.) 44.7 42.9 record in games played in Seattle. New Field Goals Made/Attempted 27/30 19/21 England won six of the first eight games Possession Avg. 31:37 25:50 in the series, which began in 1977. Sacks Allowed/Yards Lost 40/188 31/182 Sacks Made/Yards 23/169 26/141 Patriots 7, Seahawks 7 Interceptions For/Against 12/10 6/13 Date Result Score H/A Stadium Penalties Against/Yards 43/391 53/417 10/09/77 W 31-0 H Schaefer Stadium Punts/Avg. 37/44.3 72/44.9 09/21/80 W 37-31 A Kingdome Turnover Differential -3 -5 12/19/82 W 16-0 A Kingdome 12/18/83 L 6-24 A Kingdome PATRIOTS ON THE WEST COAST 09/16/84 W 38-23 H Sullivan Stadium This week’s game will kick off the Patriots’ second set of back-to- 11/17/85 W 20-13 A Kingdome back West Coast games this season (in addition to this week’s 09/21/86 L 31-38 H Sullivan Stadium game in Seattle, the Patriots also play at Oakland on Dec. 14). 12/04/88 W 13-7 H Sullivan Stadium New England split its previous set of back-to-back games on the 09/24/89 L 3-24 H Sullivan Stadium West Coast, defeating San Francisco 30-21 on Oct. 5 and falling 10/07/90 L 20-33 H Foxboro Stadium to San Diego 30-10 on Oct. 12). This season, the Patriots play all 09/20/92 L 6-10 H Foxboro Stadium four of the NFL’s West Coast teams on the road – it’s the first 09/19/93 L 14-17 H Foxboro Stadium 10/24/93 L 9-10 A Kingdome time in team history that New England will play four times on the 10/17/04 W 30-20 H Gillette Stadium West Coast in the same season. The Patriots and the New York Jets both play all four West Coast teams this season, becoming SERIES TRENDS the first NFL teams from the eastern time zone to play four times on the West Coast since the 2005 New York Giants (who New England 7, Seattle 7 went 2-2 en route to an 11-5 season and a wild card berth). Home Record ...... 4-5 Gillette Stadium ...... 1-0 THIS WEEK IN PATRIOTS HISTORY Foxboro Stadium...... 0-3 December 1-7 Sullivan Stadium ...... 2-2 Thirty-Two Years Ago: Dec. 5, 1976 - Patriots defeat New Schaefer Stadium...... 1-0 Orleans 27-6 in Foxborough to qualify for their first NFL playoff Away Record...... 3-2 appearance and their first playoff appearance since the 1963 AFL Kingdome...... 3-2 Championship game. Total Points in the Series ...... Patriots 274, Seahawks 250 Bill Belichick vs. Seattle ...... 2-1 (1-0 in New England) Twenty-Two Years Ago: Dec. 7, 1986 - WR Stanley Morgan Mike Holmgren vs. New England ...... 1-2(1-0 playoffs) establishes what was then a team record for catches in one season with his 67th catch (had five catches on the day). HISTORICAL HITS Morgan, who finished the season with 84 catches, broke Derrick Z!The Patriots and Seahawks played 12 times in a 14-year span Ramsey’s previous mark of 66 catches, set in 1984. from 1980-93, but have played only once since then (2004). Twenty Years Ago: Dec. 4, 1988 - Veteran wide receiver Z!The last time the two teams squared off in Seattle, on Oct. Stanley Morgan catches his 500th career reception vs. Seattle. 24, 1993, James Busch Orthwein owned the Patriots and the Nine Years Ago: Dec. 6, 1999 - In a Foxborough town team’s future in New England was severely in doubt. meeting, over 93 percent of the town’s residents voted in favor Z!The Seahawks are the only non-divisional team that the of passing six necessary articles to approve the stadium project. Patriots have played twice in the regular season in the same Five Years Ago: Dec. 7, 2003 - The Patriots defeated the year. That scheduling oddity took place during the 1993 Miami Dolphins, 12-0, in snowy Foxborough to claim the seventh season, the only year in which the league’s 16-game schedule division title in franchise history. was played over an 18-week span and each team was allotted two bye weeks. Three Years Ago: Dec. 4, 2005 - On a snowy day, the Z!Heading into Sunday’s game, the Seahawks and the Arizona Patriots defeat the New York Jets 16-3 to improve to 9-0 all-time Cardinals are the only two teams the Patriots have not faced in snow games in Foxborough. at least twice since Bill Belichick became head coach in 2000. One Year Ago: Dec. 3, 2007 - The largest audience in cable The Patriots will face the Cardinals later this season on Dec. television history (17.5 million) watches the Patriots’ 27-24 21 at Gillette Stadium. victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Monday Night Football.
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS PATRIOTS VS . S EAHAWKS
PASSING PERFORMANCES LONG TIME SINCE LAST SEATTLE TRIP Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel has never played against the The Patriots have not played a regular-season game in Seattle Seahawks. Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck’s only action since Sept. 17, 1993. Since that time, the Patriots have played in against the Patriots came the last time the two teams met, when every other NFL city. New England won by a 30-20 score on Oct. 17, 2004 at Gillette Stadium. LONGEST CURRENT PATRIOTS ROAD GAME DROUGHTS Matt Hasselbeck vs. Patriots (0-1 as starter) Opponent Last Road Game Next Road Game Date A C Yd % TD I Rating W/L Score Seattle 9/17/93 12/7/08 10/17/04 50 27 349 .540 0 2 59.5 L 20-30 Tampa Bay 11/16/97 2009 Season New Orleans 10/04/98 2009 Season THE LAST MEETING OVERALL Chicago 11/10/02 None Scheduled PATRIOTS 30, SEAHAWKS 20 Oakland 11/17/02 12/14/08 October 17, 2004 U Gillette Stadium (Att: 68,756) Detroit 11/28/02 None Scheduled 1 2 3 4 Final THEN AND NOW Seattle Seahawks 0 6 3 11 — 20 THEN : 3-26 (.103) over a 29-game span from 1990-93 New England Patriots 10 10 0 10 — 30 NOW: 93-31 (.750) from 2001-Present The Patriots notched their fifth straight victory to open the The last time the Patriots and Seahawks played in Seattle on 2004 season with a 30-20 win over the Seattle Seahawks at Oct. 24, 1993 the franchise from Foxborough resembled its Gillette Stadium on Oct. 17. With the win, the Patriots improved current incarnation in absolutely no respects. At that time, New to 5-0 in the 2004 season and recorded their 20th consecutive England was kicking off a seven-game losing streak as part of a victory, extending the professional football record they set run of futility that touched three different seasons (1990-93) and against Miami on Oct. 10, 2004. The Patriots also tied the then- saw the Patriots compile a 3-26 record over a 29-game span. NFL record for consecutive regular-season wins (17). New England’s 3-26 run spanned from the final week of the The Patriots defense had a big game, keeping the Seattle 1990 season through an entire 2-14 season in 1992 and through offense out of the end zone until the fourth quarter. Mike Vrabel, a 1-11 start to the 1993 season. Over that span, the Patriots’ Jarvis Green and Ty Warren combined to sack Seattle most common non-divisional opponent was Seattle, a team that quarterback Matt Hasselbeck three times, while Ty Law and dealt the Patriots three losses in that time frame. Willie McGinest each registered an interception. Law’s takeaway was the 36th pick of his career, tying him with Raymond CONNECTIONS Clayborn for the all-time Patriots career interception mark. Z!Seahawks linebacker Lofa Tatupu grew up in Wrentham, On the offensive side, Corey Dillon ran for 105 yards on 23 Mass., and attended King Phillip Regional High School. He is carries, surpassing the century mark for the 30th time in his the son of former Patriots running back Mosi Tatupu , who career. David Patten led the Patriots’ aerial attack, catching five played in 194 games over 13 seasons from 1978-90. passes for 58 yards and one touchdown. Adam Vinatieri was Z!Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck is originally from perfect on three field goal attempts of 40, 39 and 30 yards. Westwood, Mass., and he attended Boston College where he was the starting quarterback for two years. He is the son of THE LAST MEETING IN SEATTLE former Patriots tight end Don Hasselbeck , who played in 86 SEAHAWKS 10, PATRIOTS 9 games for the Patriots from 1977-83. Oct. 24, 1993 – Kingdome – Seattle, Wash. Z!Seahawks wide receiver Deion Branch was originally drafted The last time New England traveled to Seattle, a touchdown by the Patriots in the second round (65th overall) of the 2002 pass from the Seahawks’ Rick Mirer to Brian Blades with 25 NFL Draft. Branch played for the Patriots from 2002-05. He seconds left in the game erased a 9-3 Patriots lead and gave was named Super Bowl MVP after tying a Super Bowl record Seattle a 10-9 win. The loss was the Patriots’ 21st defeat in 24 with 11 receptions in the Patriots’ 24-21 victory over the games. Scott Sisson nailed three-of-five field goal attempts to Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX. account for New England’s scoring on the day. Z!Patriots fullback Heath Evans was originally drafted by the After a scoreless first quarter, Seattle took a 3-0 lead when Seahawks in the third round (82nd overall) of the 2001 draft. John Kasay kicked a 30-yard field goal. The Patriots, who Evans played for the Seahawks from 2001-04. outgained Seattle by 41 yards in the first half, missed two field Z!Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel and Seahawks linebacker goals in the second quarter to remain scoreless at the half. Lofa Tatupu were teammates at the University of Southern The Patriots tied the game at three when Sisson kicked a 36- California from 2002-04. yard field goal that capped an eight-play, 48-yard drive in the Z!Patriots defensive lineman Jarvis Green and Seahawks third quarter. Sisson kicked a 25-yard field goal early in the final defensive lineman Howard Green are cousins and were on stanza, followed by a 19-yarder with 9:07 remaining, to put the the same defensive line at Louisiana State from 2000-01. Patriots up, 9-3. The Seahawks rallied with a 14-play, 54-yard Z!Patriots defensive lineman Ty Warren was a teammate of drive that culminated in a 1-yard pass from rookie quarterback Seahawks defensive tackle Rocky Bernard at Texas A&M. Rick Mirer to receiver Brian Blades with just 25 seconds to play. Z!Patriots linebacker Gary Guyton and Seahawks guard The touchdown held up, and the Seahawks won 10-9. Mansfield Wrotto attended Georgia Tech from 2004-06. PATRIOTS-SEAHAWKS PLAYER NOTES – 10/24/93 Z!Patriots punter Chris Hanson and Seahawks safety Deon Z!Scott Secules started at quarterback for the Patriots in place Grant were teammates with Jacksonville from 2004-06. of injured rookie Drew Bledsoe and completed 15 of 30 passes Z!Patriots linebacker Larry Izzo was teammates with Seahawks for 129 yards, throwing no touchdowns and two interceptions. kicker Olindo Mare on the Miami Dolphins from 1997 to Z!Leonard Russell was the Patriots’ leading rusher, gaining 97 2000. yards on 21 carries. Z!Patriots cornerback Ellis Hobbs and Seahawks quarterback Z!Rookie Troy Brown , a 1993 eighth-round draft choice, Seneca Wallace were teammates at Iowa State University. returned three punts for 54 yards and returned a kick 15 yards. Z!Patriots safety Brandon Meriweather and nose tackle Z!Seattle quarterback Rick Mirer , chosen second overall behind Vince Wilfork were teammates with Seahawks defensive end Bledsoe in the 1993 NFL Draft, completed 22 of 43 passes for Baraka Atkins and cornerback Kelly Jennings at the 203 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. University of Miami.
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS LAST WEEK : S TEELERS 33, P ATRIOTS 10
STEELERS 33, PATRIOTS 10 VRABEL INT LEADS TO EARLY TOUCHDOWN November 30, 2008 U Gillette Stadium (Att: 68,756) Mike Vrabel leapt into the air and intercepted a Ben 1 2 3 4 Final Roethlisberger pass near the line of scrimmage in the first Pittsburgh Steelers 3 7 13 10 — 33 quarter, recording his 11th career interception and his first since New England Patriots 7 3 0 0 — 10 Dec. 3, 2006. Vrabel returned the interception five yards to the Steelers’ 14-yard line and set up a 3-play, 14-yard drive that The New England Patriots fell to the Pittsburgh Steelers, 33- ended in a 2-yard touchdown run by Sammy Morris and a 7-0 10 at Gillette Stadium to fall to 7-5 on the season. The teams Patriots lead 2:59 into the game. New England scored off of an were tied 10-10 at halftime, but the Steelers pulled away with 23 opponents turnover for the fourth straight week. Vrabel was second-half points. On a 34-degree, rainy late afternoon, New drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 1997 England turned the ball over on five straight possessions in the NFL Draft and played four seasons for Pittsburgh (1997-2000) second half, leading to four Pittsburgh scoring drives, two of before joining the Patriots prior to the 2001 season. which began inside the Patriots’ 10-yard line. Kevin Faulk led the way for the Patriots offensively, recording WELKER’S STREAK OF 6+ CATCH GAMES SNAPPED his second straight game with more than 100 scrimmage yards, Wes Welker finished the afternoon with four receptions, and led the Patriots with 73 rushing yards and also paced the snapping his streak of 15 straight games (including playoffs) in club with seven receptions and 48 receiving yards. The Patriots which he had six or more catches. Prior to the Steelers game, gained 122 rushing yards – the highest total gained on the the last time Welker did not have at least six catches was on ground against Pittsburgh this season. New England also gained Dec. 23, 2007 against Miami, when he finished with five 267 total net yards – the third highest total against the Steelers’ receptions. Welker had totaled at least six receptions in each of top-ranked defense this season. this season’s first 11 games, setting an NFL record for most consecutive games with six or more receptions to begin a season FAULK MOVES INTO FOURTH ON PATRIOTS ALL- (topping the previous record of eight, set by Jacksonville’s TIME RECEPTIONS LIST Jimmy Smith in 2001). On a 9-yard reception in the third quarter, Kevin Faulk moved past Irving Fryar into sole possession of fourth place on the SCORING FIRST STREAK SNAPPED Patriots’ all-time receptions list. The 9-yard catch was the 364th The Patriots scored first against the Steelers to take a 7-0 lead, reception of Faulk’s 10-year career and moved him past Fryar’s but fell to the Steelers 33-10. The result broke a streak of 23 total of 363 receptions for the Patriots from 1984-1992. Faulk, straight regular season victories when scoring first. Prior to the who finished the game with 366 career catches, now trails only Steelers game, the last time the Patriots lost a game in which Troy Brown (557), Stanley Morgan (534) and Ben Coates (490) they scored first was on November 12, 2006 against the New on the Patriots’ all-time receptions list. Faulk has had at least York Jets. one reception in each game this season and has caught a pass in 42 straight regular-season games in which he has appeared. QUICK HITS ! Randy Moss hauled in a 27-yard pass from Matt Cassel in the FAULK HAS SECOND STRAIGHT 100-YARD GAME first quarter. Heading into the game, the Steelers had allowed Kevin Faulk totaled 121 yards from scrimmage, leading the team the NFL’s lowest number of plays of 20 yards or more (16), with 73 rushing yards and also pacing the club with 48 receiving holding a solid lead over the next best team (Washington, yards on a team-best seven receptions. The game against 26). Pittsburgh marked the second straight contest in which Faulk ! Jerod Mayo stopped Willie Parker in the backfield for a 2-yard has exceeded 100 yards from scrimmage (he had 105 loss in the first quarter, forcing the Steelers into a second- scrimmage yards last week at Miami). Through 12 games this and-long situation that resulted in Mike Vrabel’s interception. season, Faulk has totaled 808 yards from scrimmage (445 ! Vince Wilfork and Le Kevin Smith combined to stop rushing and 363 receiving), a total that ranks second on the Pittsburgh’s Gary Russell for no gain on third-and-one from team to Wes Welker’s 894 scrimmage yards (26 rushing and 868 the Patriots’ 2-yard line in the first quarter, keeping the receiving). Since 2000, Faulk leads the Patriots in total Steelers out of the end zone and forcing a 20-yard field goal scrimmage yards and is one of just six NFL players to have on the next play that preserved the Patriots’ lead, 7-3. totaled more than 2,000 rushing yards and 3,000 receiving yards ! Tedy Bruschi provided pressure on Ben Roethlisberger on this decade. The others are Tiki Barber, Marshall Faulk, third-and-three in the second quarter, helping to force an LaDainian Tomlinson, Brian Westbrook and Michael Pittman. incompletion on the play and a Steelers punt on the following play. FAULK GOES LONG ! Ellis Hobbs and Richard Seymour combined to sack Ben Kevin Faulk had a 41-yard run in the second quarter, recording Roethlisberger for a 7-yard loss on first down in the second the third longest rush of his 10-year career and his longest since quarter. The sack raised Seymour’s 2008 sack total to 7.5, breaking a career-long 45-yard touchdown run on Nov. 3, 2002. and gave him a total of 6.5 sacks in the last 7 games. The rush was the longest of the year against the Steelers, topping the previous best of 22 yards by Washington’s Clinton PATRIOTS MEDIA WEBSITE Portis on Nov. 3. Faulk’s 41-yard run was his third rush of 20 The Patriots’ media-only website, http://media.patriots.com , yards or longer in the last three games after having just three will be updated for registered users rushes of 20 yards or more in his previous five seasons (2003- throughout the season with all the latest 07). media information, schedules, rosters and press releases in addition to MORRIS SCORES archived information dating back to Sammy Morris plunged into the end zone from two yards out to 2002. The media site also serves as the give the Patriots a 7-0 lead with 2:59 elapsed in the game. The team’s primary credentialing system for touchdown was Morris’s fifth rushing score of the season and Patriots home games. was the 22nd rushing touchdown of his career. The touchdown was Morris’s first since Oct. 20.
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS TEAM NEWS & N OTES
PATRIOTS ARE WINNINGEST PRO SPORTS FRANCHISE SINCE 2001 The Patriots’ level of sustained success is unmatched over the last eight years. Since the 2001 season, the Patriots have won 75 percent of their regular season games (93-31), compiling the highest winning percentage in major American professional sports over that period. New England’s winning percentage tops that of the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs, who have won at a 71.3 percent clip (420-169). Since 2001, there have been 138 franchises that have fielded teams in the five major American pro sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and MLS), and the Patriots have won with more frequency than any other team over that period. HIGHEST WINNING PERCENTAGE IN MAJOR AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, 2001-PRESENT (Regular Season – Includes National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League and Major League Soccer) Records updated through games of Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 2001-Present 2008-9 2007-8 2006-7 2005-6 2004-5 2003-4 2002-3 2001-2 Rk Team Lg W L T Pct. W L T W L T W L T W L T W L T W L T O W L T O W L T O 1 New England Patriots NFL 93 31 0 .750 7 5 0 16 0 0 12 4 0 10 6 0 14 2 0 14 2 0 - 9 7 0 - 11 5 0 - 2 San Antonio Spurs NBA 420 169 - .713 9 7 - 56 26 - 58 24 - 63 18 - 59 23 - 57 25 - - 60 22 - - 58 24 - - 3 Indianapolis Colts NFL 87 37 0 .702 8 4 0 13 3 0 12 4 0 14 2 0 12 4 0 12 4 0 - 10 6 0 - 6 10 0 - 4 Dallas Mavericks NBA 413 177 - .700 8 8 - 51 31 - 67 15 - 60 22 - 58 24 - 52 30 - - 60 22 - - 57 25 - - 5 Detroit Pistons NBA 394 196 - .668 10 6 - 59 23 - 53 29 - 64 18 - 54 28 - 54 28 - - 50 32 - - 50 32 - - 6 Pittsburgh Steelers NFL 82 41 1 .665 9 3 0 10 6 0 8 8 0 11 5 0 15 1 0 6 10 0 - 10 5 1 - 13 3 0 - 7 Detroit Red Wings NHL 324 160 31 .659 15 4 4 54 21 7 50 19 13 58 16 8 N/A 48 21 11 2 48 20 10 4 51 17 10 4 8 Philadelphia Eagles NFL 78 45 1 .633 6 5 1 8 8 0 10 6 0 6 10 0 13 3 0 12 4 0 - 12 4 0 - 11 5 0 - 9 Los Angeles Lakers NBA 356 233 - .604 14 1 - 57 25 - 42 40 - 45 37 - 34 48 - 56 26 - - 50 32 - - 58 24 - - 10 New York Yankees MLB 775 518 - .599 89 73 - 94 68 - 97 65 - 95 67 - 101 61 - 101 61 - - 103 58 - - 95 65 - - 11 Houston Dynamo MLS 39 21 32 .598 13 5 12 15 8 7 11 8 13 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 12 Green Bay Packers NFL 74 50 0 .597 5 7 0 13 3 0 8 8 0 4 12 0 10 6 0 10 6 0 - 12 4 0 - 12 4 0 - 13 Phoenix Suns NBA 352 240 - .595 11 7 - 55 27 - 61 21 - 54 28 - 62 20 - 29 53 - - 44 38 - - 36 46 - - 14 Denver Broncos NFL 73 51 0 .589 7 5 0 7 9 0 9 7 0 13 3 0 10 6 0 10 6 0 - 9 7 0 - 8 8 0 - 15 Sacramento Kings NBA 345 248 - .582 5 14 - 38 44 - 33 49 - 44 38 - 50 32 - 55 27 - - 59 23 - - 61 21 - - 16 Dallas Stars NHL 279 195 41 .582 8 11 4 45 30 7 50 25 7 53 23 6 N/A 41 26 13 2 46 17 15 4 36 28 13 5 17 New Jersey Devils NHL 283 200 31 .581 12 8 2 46 29 7 49 24 9 46 27 9 N/A 43 25 12 2 46 20 10 6 41 28 9 4 18 Ottawa Senators NHL 285 202 27 .581 8 10 4 43 31 8 48 25 9 52 21 9 N/A 43 23 10 6 52 21 8 1 39 27 9 7 19 Boston Red Sox MLB 740 555 - .571 95 67 - 96 66 - 86 76 - 95 67 - 98 64 - 95 67 - - 93 69 - - 82 79 - - 20 San Jose Sharks NHL 279 208 29 .569 20 3 1 49 23 10 51 26 5 44 27 11 N/A 43 21 12 6 28 37 9 8 44 27 8 3 NOTES: This analysis uses NFL rules when calculating winning percentage, counting ties as a half-win and a half-loss. For NHL teams, overtime losses are counted the same as regular losses in their winning percentage. For NHL teams, the “T” column represents overtime losses from 2005-present. For NHL teams, the “O” column represents overtime losses and the “T” column represents ties from 2001-4 (the NHL abolished ties in 2005-6 and instituted a shootout system).
HIGHEST WINNING PERCENTAGE AMONG BOSTON-AREA MAJOR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS, 2001-PRESENT (Rankings listed below are each team’s overall ranking among the 138 major American pro sports teams) Records updated through Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 2001-Present 2008-9 2007-8 2006-7 2005-6 2004-5 2003-4 2002-3 2001-2 Rk Team Lg W L T Pct. W L T W L T W L T W L T W L T W L T O W L T O W L T O 1 New England Patriots NFL 93 31 0 .750 7 5 0 16 0 0 12 4 0 10 6 0 14 2 0 14 2 0 - 9 7 0 - 11 5 0 - 20 Boston Red Sox MLB 740 555 - .571 95 67 - 96 66 - 86 76 - 95 67 - 98 64 - 95 67 - - 93 69 - - 82 79 - - 43 Boston Celtics NBA 313 279 - .529 16 2 - 66 16 - 24 58 - 33 49 - 45 37 - 36 46 - - 44 38 - - 49 33 - - 48 New England Revolution MLS 94 84 61 .521 12 11 7 14 8 8 12 8 12 17 7 8 8 13 9 12 9 9 - 12 14 2 - 7 14 6 - 69 Boston Bruins NHL 241 243 32 .498 16 4 4 41 29 12 35 41 6 29 37 16 N/A 41 19 15 7 36 31 11 4 43 24 6 9
GIVING THANKS PLAYOFF PERFORMERS One of the hallmarks of the Patriots’ success over the last five The Patriots are the only team in the NFL to have won at least seasons has been saving their best football for the end of the one playoff game in each of the last five seasons (2003-07). season. Since 2001, the Patriots are 48-10 (.828) in games on CURRENT STREAKS OF CONSEC. SEASONS W/ PLAYOFF WIN Thanksgiving Day or later, a mark that is the best in the NFL. New England Patriots ...... 5 PATRIOTS BEFORE AND AFTER THANKSGIVING Seattle Seahawks ...... 3 SINCE 2001 Four Teams ...... 1 Season Pre-T’giving Post-T’giving Overall MOST CONSEC. SEASONS W/ PLAYOFF WIN IN NFL HISTORY 2001 ...... 5-5 (.500) ...... 9-0 (1.000)...... 14-5* Team Seasons Years 2002 ...... 6-5 (.545) ...... 3-2 (.600)^...... 9-7 2003 ...... 9-2 (.818) ...... 8-0 (1.000)...... 17-2* Dallas Cowboys 6 1991-95 2004 ...... 9-1 (.900) ...... 8-1 (.889)...... 17-2* New England Patriots 5 2003-07 2005 ...... 6-4 (.600) ...... 5-3 (.625)...... 11-7* Philadelphia Eagles 5 2000-04 2006 ...... 7-3 (.700) ...... 7-2 (.778)...... 14-5* Green Bay Packers 5 1993-97 2007 ...... 10-0 (1.000)...... 8-1 (.889)...... 18-1* Oakland Raiders 5 1973-77 2008 ...... 7-4 (.636) ...... 0-1 (.000)...... 7-5 Totals 59-24 (.711) 48-10 (.828) 107-34 ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENTS *-Includes Playoffs ^-Includes a game played on Thanksgiving Day The Patriots are the only team in the NFL to have recorded nine or more wins in each of the last seven seasons. RECORDS ON OR AFTER THANKSGIVING SINCE 2001 (Includes Regular-Season and Playoff Games) MOST SEASONS OF 9+ WINS SINCE 2001 Team W L T Pct. New England...... 7 Green Bay...... 5 New England Patriots 48 10 0 .828 Pittsburgh...... 6* Denver...... 5 Pittsburgh Steelers 37 16 0 .698 Indianapolis...... 6 Dallas...... 4 Philadelphia Eagles 35 19 0 .648 Philadelphia...... 5 Tennessee...... 4* Green Bay Packers 30 19 0 .612 Seattle...... 5 N.Y. Giants...... 4* Indianapolis Colts 33 21 0 .611 *-Includes 2008 Season
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS TEAM NEWS & N OTES
PATRIOTS HAVE MOST WINS IN ANY 100-GAME DIVISIONAL DOMINANCE STRETCH IN NFL HISTORY The New England Patriots own a 38-11 (.776) record in regular Over a 100-game span from Sept. 14, 2003 to Oct. 26, 2008, the season AFC East games since the beginning of the 2001 season, Patriots compiled an 82-18 (.820) record, achieving the most compiling the best intra-division record of any team in the NFL successful 100-game stretch for any NFL team since the over the last seven-plus seasons. league was founded in 1920 . According to the Elias Sports NFL’S TOP DIVISIONAL RECORDS SINCE 2001 Bureau, the Patriots’ record of 82 wins over a 100-game stretch Team W L T Pct. topped the previous NFL record of 79 wins over a 100-game New England Patriots 38 11 0 .776 period, achieved at various times by three franchises – the Pittsburgh Steelers 37 13 0 .740 Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers and Pittsburgh Steelers. Indianapolis Colts 33 15 0 .688 The Patriots’ stretch of 82 wins in 100 games from 2003-08 Green Bay Packers 33 15 0 .688 included NFL-record winning streaks of 21 straight overall games Seattle Seahawks 31 17 0 .646 from 2003-04 (including regular season and playoffs) and 21 Philadelphia Eagles 29 18 0 .617 straight regular-season victories from 2006-08. Denver Broncos 28 20 0 .583 New York Giants 28 20 0 .583 HOLDING THE LEAD Tennessee Titans 28 22 0 .560 The Patriots have won 39 straight regular-season games when Chicago Bears 27 22 0 .551 leading at halftime, setting a post-merger NFL record. The Minnesota Vikings 27 22 0 .551 Patriots have won 70 of their last 71 games when leading at Baltimore Ravens 28 23 0 .549 halftime, a streak that dates back to 2001. Additionally, the Kansas City Chiefs 26 22 0 .542 Patriots have won 38 straight regular-season games in which San Diego Chargers 25 22 0 .532 they have led entering the fourth quarter, tying their own post- Tampa Bay Buccaneers 25 23 0 .521 merger NFL record. The Patriots have won 76 of their last 77 AFC EAST DIVISIONAL RECORDS SINCE 2001 games in which they have led entering the fourth quarter. Team W L T Pct. Div. Titles Years New England 38 11 0 .776 5 2001, 2003-07 CONSECUTIVE WINS/ LEADING AT HALF (SINCE 1970) New York Jets 24 24 0 .500 1 2002 39...... New England ...... 2004-08 Miami 18 30 0 .375 0 --- 31...... New England ...... 2001-04 Buffalo 17 30 0 .362 0 --- 30...... Denver ...... 1996-98 NOTES: The Indianapolis Colts were members of the AFC East in 2001 and compiled a 3-5 divisional record 29...... Pittsburgh...... 1992-96 that season. In 2002, the Patriots and Jets both finished with a 9-7 overall record and a 4-2 divisional record, but the Jets claimed the division title by virtue of having a better record against common opponents. 28...... Miami ...... 1971-74 CONSECUTIVE WINS/ LEADING ENTERING 4TH QTR (SINCE 1970) TITLE TOWN 38...... New England ...... 2004-08 The Patriots have won five straight AFC East titles heading into 38...... New England ...... 2001-04 this season, setting the all-time record for consecutive titles in 36...... San Diego...... 1992-96 that division. New England’s five straight AFC East crowns tops 36...... Pittsburgh...... 1972-75 the four straight division titles by the Buffalo Bills from 1988-91 33...... Denver ...... 1996-98 and by the Miami Dolphins on two occasions. The Patriots have won six of the last seven division crowns. The Patriots have won DOMINATING DEFENSE eight division titles in the 14 seasons since Robert Kraft bought Since the beginning of the 2003 season, the Patriots have the team in 1994. allowed an average of 17.58 points per game (including playoffs), a mark that leads the NFL over that span. In regular- MOST CONSECUTIVE AFC EAST TITLES season play only, the Patriots’ 17.41 points per game allowed Team Streak Years since 2003 ranks second the NFL over that span. New England Patriots ...... 5 ...... 2003-07 Buffalo Bills...... 4 ...... 1988-91 FEWEST PPG ALLOWED 2003-PRESENT Miami Dolphins ...... 4 ...... 1981, 1983-85* 2003-08 TOTALS R. Season 03-08 Playoffs 03-07 Miami Dolphins ...... 4 ...... 1971-74 Team GP Pts PPG GP Pts PPG GP Pts PPG Baltimore Colts...... 3 ...... 1975-77 NE 106 1864 17.58 92 1602 17.41 14 262 18.71 Buffalo Bills...... 3 ...... 1964-66@ PIT 99 1741 17.59 92 1590 17.28 7 151 21.57 Houston Oilers ...... 3 ...... 1960-62@ BAL 94 1658 17.64 92 1623 17.64 2 35 17.50 *-Due to 1982 strike, the NFL played just a 9-game season and the standings were not divided into divisions that season. @-AFL Eastern Division TB 94 1706 18.15 92 1665 18.10 2 41 20.50 JAX 95 1816 19.12 92 1738 18.89 3 88 29.33 CURRENT STREAKS OF CONSECUTIVE DIVISION TITLES CHI 96 1846 19.23 92 1750 19.02 4 96 24.00 New England Patriots ...... 5 CAR 99 1908 19.27 92 1785 19.40 7 123 17.57 Indianapolis Colts...... 5 SNAPSHOTS OF SUCCESS Seattle Seahawks ...... 4 The Patriots are in the midst of one of the most prosperous MOST CONSECUTIVE DIVISION TITLES/NFL HISTORY periods for any team in NFL history. Their run of success began Team Division Titles Years with a 29-26 overtime victory against the San Diego Chargers on Los Angeles Rams NFC West 7 1973-79 Oct. 14, 2001, sparking a streak of 106 wins in the Patriots’ last Pittsburgh Steelers AFC Central 6 1974-79 137 games, including the playoffs. Minnesota Vikings NFC Central 6 1973-78 Dallas Cowboys NFL Capitol/NFC East 6 1966-71 PATRIOTS SUCCESS STREAKS (Including Postseason) Cleveland Browns American/Eastern Conf. 6 1950-55 ! 25 wins in last 31 games, dating to Sept. 9, 2007 (25-6, .806) New England Patriots AFC East 5 2003-07 ! 39 wins in last 50 games, dating to Sept. 10, 2006 (39-11, .780) Indianapolis Colts AFC South 5 2003-07 ! 46 wins in last 60 games, dating to Nov. 13, 2005 (46-14, .767) Dallas Cowboys NFC East 5 1992-96 ! 61 wins in last 80 games, dating to Nov. 7, 2004 (61-19, .763) San Francisco 49ers NFC West 5 1986-90 ! 82 wins in last 102 games, dating to Oct. 5, 2003 (82-20, .804) Chicago Bears NFC Central 5 1984-88 ! 90 wins in last 115 games, dating to Nov. 3, 2002 (90-25, .783) Oakland Raiders AFC West 5 1972-76 ! 106 wins in last 137 games, dating to Oct. 14, 2001 (106-31, .774)
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS ROBERT KRAFT NEWS & N OTES
ince Robert Kraft purchased SUCCESS STORY the team in 1994, the Since Robert Kraft purchased the team in 1994, the Patriots Patriots have experienced have been one of the NFL’s elite franchises. Over the first 14- Sone of the most dramatic plus years of Kraft’s ownership, the Patriots own the NFL’s turnarounds in the history of sports. highest win total, the league’s highest winning percentage and In 14 seasons of ownership, Kraft have won more Super Bowl titles, more conference has transformed one of the league’s championships and more playoff games than any other NFL least successful clubs into what team. many observers view as a model NFL franchise. In the five seasons SINCE ROBERT KRAFT PURCHASED THE TEAM IN 1994… immediately preceding his purchase (1989-93), the Patriots were TOTAL VICTORIES SINCE 1994 (Incl. Postseason) a moribund team, winning just 19 of 80 games (.311 pct.) and New England Patriots...... 169 recording the worst record in the NFL over that span. When he Pittsburgh Steelers ...... 160 bought the franchise on Jan. 21, 1994, Kraft announced his Green Bay Packers ...... 159 intention to bring a championship to New England, a tall order Denver Broncos...... 152 considering the team’s previous success rate. But under Kraft’s Indianapolis Colts ...... 151 leadership, the Patriots have won eight division titles, five Philadelphia Eagles...... 139 conference crowns and three Super Bowl championships. The WINNING PERCENTAGE SINCE 1994 (Incl. Postseason) Patriots have made five Super Bowl appearances since Kraft Team W L T Pct. purchased the team, a period during which no other NFL New England Patriots 169 91 0 .650 franchise has earned more than two Super Bowl berths. Pittsburgh Steelers 160 95 1 .627 Pre-Kraft Kraft Era Green Bay Packers 159 97 0 .621 1960-93 1989-93 1994-08 Denver Broncos 152 97 0 .610 Overall Record 225-276-9 19-61 169-91 Indianapolis Colts 151 103 0 .594 Winning Pct. .450 .311 .650 Philadelphia Eagles 139 112 2 .553 Super Bowl Titles 0 0 3 Minnesota Vikings 135 113 0 .544 Conference Titles 1 0 5 Tennessee Titans/Houston Oilers 132 114 0 .537 Division Titles 3 0 8 Playoff Seasons 5 0 10 SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 1994 Playoff Record 4-6 -- 17-7 New England Patriots...... 3 Home Playoff Games 1 0 11 Denver Broncos...... 2 Home Playoff Record 0-1 -- 11-0 9 Teams ...... 1 SINCE ROBERT KRAFT PURCHASED THE TEAM IN THE IN PURCHASED 1994… TEAM ROBERT KRAFT SINCE A CHAMPIONSHIP TRADITION CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 1994 The Patriots and the San Antonio Spurs are the only teams from New England Patriots...... 5 the four major professional sports leagues to have won three Denver Broncos...... 2 titles since 2001. Since 1994, the Patriots trail only the New York Green Bay Packers ...... 2 Yankees and San Antonio Spurs in having won three titles in the Pittsburgh Steelers ...... 2 period since Robert Kraft purchased the team. St. Louis Rams ...... 2 MULTIPLE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 2001 15 Teams ...... 1 Team League Titles PLAYOFF VICTORIES SINCE 1994 New England Patriots ...... NFL ...... 3 New England Patriots...... 17 San Antonio Spurs...... NBA ...... 3 Pittsburgh Steelers ...... 12 Boston Red Sox ...... MLB ...... 2 Green Bay Packers ...... 11 Los Angeles Lakers...... NBA ...... 2 Indianapolis Colts ...... 9 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 1994 Philadelphia Eagles...... 9 Team League Titles New York Yankees ...... MLB ...... 4 PLAYOFF GAMES PLAYED SINCE 1994 San Antonio Spurs...... NBA ...... 4 New England Patriots...... 24 Detroit Red Wings...... NHL ...... 4 Green Bay Packers ...... 20 New England Patriots ...... NFL ...... 3 Pittsburgh Steelers ...... 20 Los Angeles Lakers...... NBA ...... 3 Indianapolis Colts ...... 18 Chicago Bulls ...... NBA ...... 3 Philadelphia Eagles...... 17 New Jersey Devils ...... NHL ...... 3 Denver Broncos...... 13 San Francisco 49ers...... 13 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME/SERIES APPEARANCES SINCE 1994 Team League Appearances PLAYOFF SEASONS SINCE 1994 New York Yankees ...... MLB ...... 6 New England Patriots...... 10 New England Patriots ...... NFL ...... 5 Green Bay Packers ...... 10 Los Angeles Lakers...... NBA ...... 5 Indianapolis Colts ...... 10
Detroit Red Wings...... NHL ...... 5 SINCE KRAFT ROBERT TEAM1994… PURCHASED IN THE Dallas Cowboys ...... 8 San Antonio Spurs...... NBA ...... 4 Pittsburgh Steelers ...... 8 New Jersey Devils ...... NHL ...... 4 Philadelphia Eagles...... 8 SELLOUT STREAK PLAYOFF WINNING PERCENTAGE SINCE 1994 In the early 1990s, the Patriots seemed destined for relocation Team W L Pct. until Robert Kraft’s purchase of the team rejuvenated local New England Patriots ...... 17 ...... 7...... 708 interest. In 1991, the season ticket base was just 17,635, barely Carolina Panthers...... 6 ...... 3 ...... 667 enough to support the club. Now, the season-ticket base stands Baltimore Ravens ...... 5 ...... 3 ...... 625 at a capped total of 61,759 and more than 50,000 fans are on a Denver Broncos...... 8 ...... 5 ...... 615 Pittsburgh Steelers ...... 12 ...... 8 ...... 600 waiting list. The Patriots have sold out 158 consecutive home games (dating back to the 1994 regular-season opener).
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS BILL BELICHICK NEWS & N OTES
THE HEAD COACH AMONG THE GREATS Overall Record: 149-90 (.623) Coach Belichick has recorded a career winning percentage of Regular Season: 134-86 (.609) .623 as a head coach, tying him for fourth in NFL history among Postseason: 15-4 (.789) all NFL coaches with at least 145 career victories. Belichick trails With Patriots overall: 112-45 (.713) only George Halas (.671), Don Shula (.665) and Joe Gibbs (.629) Overall since 2001: 107-34 (.759) on that list. Super Bowl Titles: 5 (86, 90, 01, 03, 04) Conf. Titles: 7 (86, 90, 96, 01, 03, 04, 07) TOP WINNING PERCENTAGE AMONG HEAD COACHES Division Titles: 13 (75, 78, 86, 89, 90, WITH AT LEAST 145 WINS (INCL. POSTSEASON) 96, 98, 01, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07) Head Coach Team(s) Years W L T Pct. George Halas CHI 1920-29,33-41,46-55,58-67 324 151 31 .671 Bill Belichick is the only head coach in Don Shula BAL/MIA 1963-95 347 173 6 .665 NFL history to win three Super Bowl titles in a four-year span. Joe Gibbs WAS 1981-92,04-07 171 101 0 .629 Over a 100-game span from 2003-08, Belichick directed Bill Belichick CLV/NE 1991-95,00-08 149 90 0 .623 the team to an 82-18 record, marking the best 100-game Curly Lambeau GB/CHC/WAS 1921-53 229 134 22 .623 NOTE: Winning percentage calculated using current NFL rules, counting a tie as a half-win, half-loss. span for any team in NFL history. In the 2007 season, Belichick led the Patriots to the fourth undefeated and untied SUPER SUCCESS regular season in the NFL’s 88-year history and the first since Bill Belichick is one of just four head coaches to win three the NFL established a 16-game schedule in 1978. He has led the championships since the Super Bowl Era began following the Patriots to the Super Bowl four times in the last seven seasons 1966 season. Belichick is the only coach to win three Super and has produced five straight AFC East titles and six division Bowls in the post-1993 salary cap era. championships in the last seven seasons. Belichick’s Patriots MOST SUPER BOWL VICTORIES teams own the all-time NFL records for consecutive total Head Coach Team Titles Seasons victories (21 from 2003-04), consecutive regular-season victories Chuck Noll PIT 4 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979 (21 from 2006-08) and consecutive playoff victories (10 from Bill Belichick NE 3 2001, 2003, 2004 2001-05). Belichick owns the second best postseason record in Joe Gibbs WAS 3 1982, 1987, 1991 NFL history (15-4) and is the winningest NFL head coach since Bill Walsh SF 3 1981, 1984, 1988 2001 (107-34). From 2003-04, he directed the Patriots to back- NOTE: Sorted by most recent championship. Super Bowls have determined NFL champion since 1966. to-back Super Bowl titles while posting consecutive 17-win PLAYOFF SUCCESS campaigns. Belichick has spent more seasons in the league than Coach Belichick has won 15 career playoff games, a total that is any other current NFL head coach, and in that time has been a the fifth-highest by a head coach in NFL history. part of five Super Bowl championship teams. His overall record MOST PLAYOFF WINS BY AN NFL HEAD COACH of 112-45 with the Patriots gives him the most victories and the Coach Team(s) Wins best winning percentage of any head coach in franchise history. Tom Landry ...... Dallas Cowboys ...... 20 ELITE COMPANY Don Shula...... Baltimore Colts, Miami Dolphins...... 19 Joe Gibbs ...... Washington Redskins...... 17 Bill Belichick is one of nine NFL head coaches to win three or Chuck Noll ...... Pittsburgh Steelers ...... 16 more championships since the league began postseason play in Bill Belichick...... Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots...15 1933. With the Patriots’ victory in Super Bowl XXXIX, Belichick joined an exclusive club in which each of the eight other POSTSEASON PROWESS members has been enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Bill Belichick is the second winningest head coach in NFL playoff history, trailing only the legendary Vince Lombardi, whose name HEAD COACHES WITH THREE OR MORE NFL TITLES is emblazoned on the Super Bowl trophy. (Listed alphabetically) BEST POSTSEASON RECORDS IN NFL HISTORY Head Coach Championship Team(s) Head Coach Team(s) W L Pct. Bill Belichick ...... New England Patriots Vince Lombardi GB/WAS 9 1 .900 Paul Brown...... Cleveland Browns Bill Belichick CLE/NE 15 4 .789 Weeb Ewbank...... Baltimore Colts, New York Jets Joe Gibbs WAS 17 7 .709 Joe Gibbs ...... Washington Redskins George Halas...... Chicago Bears HUNDRED WIN CLUB Earl (Curly) Lambeau...... Green Bay Packers Vince Lombardi...... Green Bay Packers Bill Belichick has won 112 overall games since becoming Patriots Chuck Noll...... Pittsburgh Steelers head coach in 2000. He is one of four current head coaches who Bill Walsh ...... San Francisco 49ers have won 100 or more games with their current team. BELICHICK’S PATRIOTS RENAISSANCE HEAD COACHES WITH 100 WINS WITH CURRENT TEAM Any successful project requires a sound plan, and once head Coach Team Yrs Seasons Wins Mike Shanahan DEN 14 1995-2008 138 coach Bill Belichick implemented his design on the Patriots, his Jeff Fisher HOU/TEN 15 1994-2008 132 approach has given him the best record of any NFL head coach Bill Belichick NE 9 2000-08 112 who has coached at least one game since 2001. Andy Reid PHI 10 1999-2008 102 NOTE: Includes Playoff Games NFL COACHES’ RECORDS SINCE 2001 Coach Team W L T Pct. TOPS IN TEAM HISTORY Bill Belichick NE 107 34 0 .759 Bill Belichick is the most successful head coach in Patriots Wade Phillips ATL/DAL 23 9 0 .719 history. He has recorded more wins (112) and a higher winning Tony Dungy TB/IND 97 40 0 .708 percentage (.713) than any of the 13 previous head coaches. Mike Smith ATL 8 4 0 .667 WINNINGEST HEAD COACHES IN PATRIOTS HISTORY John Harbaugh BLT 8 4 0 .667 Career Overall Playoff Bill Cowher PIT 70 35 1 .665 Coach Years Winning Pct. W-L-T W-L Mike Tomlin PIT 19 10 0 .655 Bill Belichick 2000-08 .713 112-45-0 14-3 Andy Reid PHI 85 50 1 .629 Raymond Berry 1984-89 .554 51-41-0 3-2 Mike Martz STL 46 29 0 .613 Pete Carroll 1997-99 .549 28-23-0 1-2 NOTE: Records include playoff games Ron Meyer 1982-84 .529 18-16-0 0-1
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 S EASON NEWS & N OTES
2008 HONORS AND AWARDS SUSTAINING POSSESSIONS QB Matt Cassel The Patriots rank second in the NFL with 28 drives of 10 plays or ! AFC Offensive Player of the Week (Wk. 7 vs. Denver) longer this season. New England leads the league with 23 ! AFC Offensive Player of the Week (Wk. 12 at Miami) scoring drives of 10 plays or longer. Against Buffalo on Nov. 9, ! Peter King’s Monday Morning Quarterback Co-Offensive Player the Patriots tied a franchise record for most plays in a drive of the Week (Wk. 2 at N.Y. Jets; Wk. 12 at Miami) when they embarked on a 19-play, 92-yard fourth-quarter touchdown drive to chew up 9:08 of clock time and seal a win. K Stephen Gostkowski ! AFC Special Teams Player of the Month (October) 2008 NFL LEADERS / 10-PLAY DRIVES ! Peter King’s Monday Morning Quarterback Special Teams 10-Play 10-Play Player of the Week (Wk. 5 at San Francisco) Team Drives Scoring Drives New York Jets 29 21 KR Ellis Hobbs New England Patriots 28 23 ! USA Today’s Midseason All-Pro Team Denver Broncos 26 21 C Dan Koppen Green Bay Packers 26 22 Indianapolis Colts 26 21 ! Dallas Morning News ’ Midseason All-Pro Team LB Jerod Mayo MOVING THE CHAINS ! NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month (October) The Patriots have gained a total of 262 first downs this season, a ! Midseason Defensive Rookie of the Year – SI.com’s Don Banks total that leads the AFC and ranks third in the NFL behind the ! Midseason Defensive Rookie of Year – CBSSports.com’s Pete Prisco Arizona Cardinals and New York Giants. New England is on pace to gain a total of 349 first downs this season, a total that would rank ! Midseason Defensive Rookie of the Year – MSNBC.com’s Tom Curran second in franchise history to only the team-record 393 first downs Offensive Coordinator/QBs Josh McDaniels gained in 2007 (a total that ranked second in NFL history). ! Peter King’s Monday Morning Quarterback Coach of the Week 2008 NFL LEADERS / FIRST DOWNS (Wk. 12 at Miami) Team 1st Downs Rush Pass Penalty Arizona Cardinals 267 59 186 22 PATRIOTS POST TWO OF FRANCHISE’S TOP FIVE New York Giants 263 105 135 23 OFFENSIVE OUTPUTS New England Patriots 262 107 136 19 A two-game span from Nov. 13-23, the Patriots gained a total of Denver Broncos 260 78 158 24 1,041 total net yards, recording the franchise’s first back-to-back games with 500 or more total net yards of offense. Against EXPLOSIVE OFFENSE Miami on Nov. 23, the Patriots gained 530 total net yards, a This season, the Patriots have had 160 plays from scrimmage that figure that stands as the franchise’s highest since 1979 and the have gained 10 yards or more, a total that ranks third in the AFC and second highest in team history. The previous week against the sixth in the NFL. New York Jets (Nov. 13), the Patriots gained 511 total net yards, 2008 NFL LEADERS / PLAYS OF 10+ YARDS a figure that stands as the fifth-best in team annals. The Patriots Team 10+ Plays 10+ Rush 10+ Pass are the only NFL team this season to have two games with 510 Arizona Cardinals 178 27 151 or more total net yards. There have been a total of seven 510- Denver Broncos 171 33 138 yard games this season and the Patriots own two of them. New Orleans Saints 162 18 144 New York Giants 162 57 105 PATRIOTS RECORDS / TOTAL NET YARDS IN GAME Miami Dolphins 161 35 126 Date Opp. Total Net Yards Passing Rushing New England Patriots 160 38 122 09/09/79 N.Y. Jets 597 365 232 11/23/08 Miami 530 408 122 TWO-MINUTE DRILL 10/29/78 N.Y. Jets 529 289 240 The Patriots have scored 51 points in the final two minutes of the 12/18/65 Houston Oilers 526 336 190 first or second half this season, a total that ranks second in the AFC 11/13/08 N.Y. Jets 511 386 125 and third in the NFL. On Nov. 13 against the New York Jets, the 11/18/07 Buffalo 510 383 127 Patriots scored touchdowns in the final minute of each half as New 09/21/86 Seattle 506 386 120 England rebounded from a 24-6 deficit to force overtime. PATRIOTS ARE LEAST-PENALIZED TEAM IN 2008 2008 NFL LEADERS / POINTS IN FINAL 2 MIN. OF HALF The Patriots have been flagged for 43 accepted penalties in 2008 Team Pts 1st Half 2nd Half – the fewest of any NFL team this season. New England has had Dallas Cowboys 75 44 31 55 penalties called against it (12 have been declined), a figure Indianapolis Colts 68 41 37 that also is the lowest in the league. On Oct. 26 against St. New England Patriots 51 30 21 Louis, the Patriots were not flagged for any accepted Philadelphia Eagles 50 33 17 penalties, marking the first penalty-free game in the Carolina Panthers 47 27 20 franchise’s 731-game history. New England’s penalty-free SCORING EFFICIENCY performance was the 50th in the NFL since the 1970 AFL-NFL The Patriots have scored points on 42 percent of their offensive merger. The Patriots are on pace to be called for just 57 possessions, totaling 55 scoring drives on 131 possessions (28 accepted penalties this season, a total that could challenge the touchdowns, 27 field goals). Their 42 percent scoring rate ranks franchise record (50 penalties in 1973). The Seattle Seahawks fourth in the NFL and second in the AFC to the New York Jets. had 59 accepted penalties last season – the fewest in the NFL since the league adopted the 16-game schedule in 1978. 2008 NFL LEADERS / SCORING EFFICIENCY Team Score Pct. Poss. Scores TD FG 2008 NFL LEADERS / FEWEST ACCEPTED PENALTIES New York Giants 47.1 136 64 36 28 Team Penalties Called Penalties Accepted Arizona Cardinals 43.0 135 58 37 21 New England Patriots 55 43 New York Jets 42.4 132 56 35 21 Seattle Seahawks 63 53 New England Patriots 42.0 131 55 28 27 Atlanta Falcons 64 55 Atlanta Falcons 41.7 127 53 29 24 New York Jets 71 55
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS WR R ANDY MOSS NEWS & N OTES
MOSS: ALL-TIME LEADER IN RECEPTIONS PER TD MOSS AMONG ALL-TIME LEADERS Over his NFL career of 10-plus seasons, RANDY MOSS is among the NFL’s all-time leaders in two major Randy Moss has averaged one touchdown receiving categories – career touchdown receptions and for every 6.30 receptions, a total that is receiving yards per game. In his 10-plus seasons, Moss has the best in NFL history among any receiver caught 132 touchdown passes and is one of just five receivers in with at least 500 receptions. Moss has NFL history to break the 125-touchdown mark. Additionally, caught 132 touchdowns out of 832 career Moss has averaged 78.2 receiving yards per game during his receptions. Lance Alworth, who played 11 career, a mark that ranks second all-time. seasons for San Diego and Dallas from 1962-72, caught 85 touchdowns out of 542 career receptions for NFL ALL-TIME LEADERS / RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS an average of one score every 6.38 receptions. Player Years Team(s) TDs Jerry Rice 1985-2004 SF/OAK/SEA 197 ALL-TIME NFL LEADERS / RECEPTIONS PER TOUCHDOWN Terrell Owens 1996-2008 SF/PHI/DAL 137 (Minimum 500 career receptions) Randy Moss 1998-2008 MIN/OAK/NE 132 Player Team(s) Years Rec TD Rec/TD Cris Carter 1987-2002 PHI/MIN/MIA 130 Randy Moss MIN/OAK/NE 1998-2008 832 132 6.30 Marvin Harrison 1996-2008 IND 127 Lance Alworth SD/DAL 1962-1972 542 85 6.38 Tim Brown 1988-2004 LA(A)/OAK/TB 100 Terrell Owens SF/PHI/DAL 1996-2008 934 137 6.82 Steve Largent 1976-1989 SEA 100 Nat Moore MIA 1974-1986 510 74 6.89 NFL ALL-TIME LEADERS / RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME Mark Clayton MIA/GB 1983-1993 582 84 6.93 (Minimum 100 Games Played) Don Maynard NYG/NYJ/STL 1958,60-73 633 88 7.19 Player Years Team(s) Gms Yds Yd/G Torry Holt 1999-2008 STL 154 12,390 80.5 MOSS IS NFL’S PREMIER TD RECEIVER Randy Moss 1998-2008 MIN/OAK/NE 166 12,978 78.2 Since entering the NFL in 1998, Randy Moss has caught 132 Marvin Harrison 1996-2008 IND 187 14,449 77.3 touchdown passes, more than any other NFL player over that Jerry Rice 1985-2004 SF/OAK/SEA 303 22,895 75.6 span. Since joining the Patriots via trade prior to the 2007 Lance Alworth 1962-1972 SD/DAL 136 10,266 75.5 season, Moss has caught 31 touchdowns – also the best in the Terrell Owens 1996-2008 SF/PHI/DAL 185 13,886 75.1 league over that span. In terms of overall touchdowns (rushing, receiving and returning), Moss has totaled 133 scores since NFL ALL-TIME LEADERS / 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES entering the league in 1998 (132 via reception and one via punt Player Team(s) Years Gms Jerry Rice SF/OAK/SEA 1985-2004 76 return), a tally that ranks second only to LaDainian Tomlinson Randy Moss MIN/OAK/NE 1998-2008 59 (135 touchdowns) over that span. This season, Moss’s eight Marvin Harrison IND 1996-2008 59 touchdown receptions lead the AFC and are tied for the Don Maynard NYG/NYJ/STL 1958, 60-73 50 second highest total in the NFL (Anquan Boldin, 11). NFL ALL-TIME LEADERS / GAMES WITH 2+ TD REC. NFL TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION LEADERS SINCE MOSS Player Team(s) Years Gms JOINED THE PATRIOTS IN 2007 Jerry Rice SF/OAK/SEA 1985-2004 43 Player Team(s) Rec Yds TD Randy Moss MIN/OAK/NE 1998-2008 31 Randy Moss NE 156 2,278 31 Terrell Owens SF/PHI/DAL 1996-2008 30 Terrell Owens DAL 133 2,171 23 Marvin Harrison IND 1996-2008 29 Anquan Boldin ARZ 210 1,795 20 Cris Carter PHI/MIN/MIA 1987-2002 29 Braylon Edwards CLV 122 1,986 19 Don Hutson GB 1935-1945 28 Greg Jennings GB 189 1,977 19 Larry Fitzgerald ARZ 177 2,484 18 MOSS MOVING UP ALL-TIME LISTS Plaxico Burress NYG 105 1,479 16 Randy Moss currently ranks 11th on the NFL’s all-time receiving T.J. Houshmandzadeh CIN 193 1,953 16 yards list and places 15th on the league’s all-time receptions list. NFL TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION LEADERS SINCE MOSS He is one of 16 players in NFL history to total at least 12,000 ENTERED THE NFL IN 1998 receiving yards and is one of 20 players to have at least 800 Player Team(s) Rec Yds TD receptions. Randy Moss MIN/OAK/NE 832 12,978 132 Terrell Owens SF/PHI/DAL 839 12,430 125 NFL ALL-TIME LEADERS / RECEIVING YARDS Marvin Harrison IND 953 12,747 113 Rk Player Team(s) Years Yards Torry Holt STL 850 12,390 73 1 Jerry Rice SF/OAK/SEA 1985-2004 22895 Hines Ward PIT 778 9,492 71 -- Tony Gonzalez KC 860 10,320 70 9 Andre Reed BUF/WAS 1985-2000 13198 10 Steve Largent SEA 1976-1989 13089 MOSS FIFTH-FASTEST TO 800 IN NFL HISTORY 11 Randy Moss MIN/OAK/NE 1998-2008 12978 12 Irving Fryar NE/MIA/PHI/WAS 1984-2000 12785 Randy Moss recorded his 800th career reception in the Patriots’ 13 Art Monk WAS/NYJ/PHI 1980-1995 12721 Oct. 26 win over St. Louis, a 10-yard grab in the 1st quarter. Moss became the 20th player in NFL history to break the 800- NFL ALL-TIME LEADERS / RECEPTIONS reception mark, and did it in his 161st game, reaching the Rk Player Team(s) Years Rec milestone in the fifth-fewest number of games in league history. 1 Jerry Rice SF/OAK/SEA 1985-2004 1549 -- FEWEST GAMES TO REACH 800 RECEPTIONS 12 Irving Fryar NE/MIA/PHI/WAS 1984-2000 851 Player Team(s) Games 13 Rod Smith DEN 1995-2006 849 Marvin Harrison Indianapolis Colts 131 14 Torry Holt STL 1999-2008 850 Torry Holt St. Louis Rams 142 15 Randy Moss MIN/OAK/NE 1998-2008 832 Jerry Rice San Francisco 49ers 154 16 Larry Centers ARZ/BUF/WAS/NE 1990-2003 827 Terrell Owens San Francisco, Philadelphia, Dallas 158 17 Steve Largent SEA 1976-1989 819 Randy Moss Minnesota, Oakland, New England 161 18 Shannon Sharpe DEN/BLT 1990-2003 815 Keyshawn Johnson N.Y. Jets, Tampa Bay, Dallas, Carolina 163
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS QB M ATT CASSEL NEWS & N OTES
CASSEL JOINS EXCLUSIVE GROUP CASSEL ON SOLID PACE MATT CASSEL became the fifth In 12 games this season, Matt Cassel has helped the Patriots to quarterback since the 1970 AFL-NFL a 7-5 record and is on pace to place high on the franchise’s merger to have 400 or more passing yards single-season lists in a number of passing categories. Cassel is in consecutive games. Cassel had 400 on pace to total 3,712 passing yards, 531 attempts, 343 yards against the New York Jets on Nov. completions, 17 passing touchdowns and an 85.5 passer rating. 13 and followed that performance with Below are how those numbers would stack up in team history if 415 yards against the Miami Dolphins on Cassel can maintain his current pace. Nov. 23. Cassel’s 815 passing yards in CASSEL’S 2008 PROJECTIONS AND PROJECTED RANKS those two games are the highest two-game total in Patriots Statistic Pace Rank* NE Record Holder history. In each of those games, Cassel directed a Patriots Attempts 531 T-7 D.Bledsoe, 691 (1994) offense that totaled more than 500 net yards, marking the first Completions 343 5 D.Bledsoe, 400 (1994) time in franchise history that the team had exceeded that mark Comp. Percentage 64.6 2 T.Brady, 68.9 (2007) in consecutive games. Passing Yards 3,712 7 T.Brady, 4,806 (2007) Touchdowns 17 T-27 T.Brady, 50 (2007) PLAYERS WITH BACK-TO-BACK 400-YD PASSING GAMES Passer Rating 85.5 12 T.Brady, 117.2 (2007) Player Team Yards (Date) Yards (Date) *-Number listed is the rank in franchise history if Cassel maintains his current pace Matt Cassel NE 400 (11/13/08) 415 (11/23/08) Billy Volek TEN 426 (12/13/04) 492 (12/19/04) CASSEL’S COMPLETION PCT. RANKS HIGH Phil Simms NYG 432 (10/06/85) 513 (10/13/85) Matt Cassel has completed 64.6 percent of his passes this Dan Marino MIA 470 (12/2/84) 404 (12/9/84) season (257-of-398), a completion rate that currently stands as Dan Fouts SD 444 (12/11/82) 435 (12/20/82) the second best in franchise history. Cassel’s completion rate trails only Tom Brady’s franchise-record 68.9 percent rate last CASSEL’S AFC RANKINGS season, a mark that stands as the 9th best in NFL history. Matt Cassel ranks among the AFC’s top five quarterbacks in all major passing statistics. Cassel is on pace to throw for PATRIOTS SINGLE-SEASON COMPLETION PCT. LEADERS 3,712 yards and is on pace for 531 attempts and 343 Player Year Gm Att Cmp Pct. Tom Brady 2007 16 578 398 68.9 completions – all of those totals would be team records Matt Cassel 2008 12 398 257 64.6 for a first-year starter. Tom Brady 2001 15 413 264 63.9 MATT CASSEL’S AFC RANKINGS Tom Brady 2005 16 530 334 63.0 Statistic No. Rank Conference Leader Tom Brady 2002 16 601 373 62.1 Attempts 398 3 J.Cutler, 449 Completions 257 4 P.Manning, 281 CASSEL HAS MOST RUSHING YARDS FOR A Comp. Percentage 64.6 6 B.Favre, 68.7 PATRIOTS QUARTERBACK IN A GAME IN 30 YEARS Passing Yards 2,784 5 J.Cutler, 3,393 Matt Cassel had 62 rushing yards on eight carries to lead the Touchdowns 13 T-5 P.Rivers, 23 Patriots in rushing against the Jets on Nov. 13. His 62 rushing Passer Rating 85.5 6 P.Rivers, 100.5 yards are the most by a Patriots quarterback in a game in more CASSEL IS FIRST NFL PLAYER TO TOTAL 400 than 30 years, dating back to Sept. 24, 1978, when Steve Grogan had 65 rushing yards on six carries in a 21-14 win over PASSING YARDS AND 60 RUSHING YARDS the Oakland Raiders. Cassel’s 62 rushing yards are the most in a Matt Cassel threw for 400 yards and ran for 62 yards against the game by any Patriots quarterback other than Grogan, and the Jets on Nov. 13, becoming the first player in NFL history to have 62-yard performance is the sixth-highest single-game total for a 400 or more passing yards and 60 or more rushing yards in a quarterback in team history. Grogan holds the franchise record game. Only one other time since 1970 has a player had at least for rushing yards by a quarterback with a 103-yard performance 400 passing yards and at least 50 rushing yards in a game. (on seven carries) against the Jets on Oct. 18, 1976. CASSEL BREAKS 400-YARD MARK TWICE MOST SINGLE-GAME RUSH YARDS BY A PATRIOTS QB Matt Cassel threw for 400 yards in consecutive games, achieving Player Date Opp Yards Att. two of the top 10 passing performances in Patriots history. His Steve Grogan 10/18/76 NYJ 103 7 415-yard performance against Miami on Nov. 23 was the fifth- Steve Grogan 11/20/77 at BUF 81 12 highest passing yardage total in team history as Cassel joined Steve Grogan 09/19/76 MIA 76 9 Drew Bledsoe as the only Patriots passers to have 415 yards or Steve Grogan 09/18/78 BAL 65 7 more in a game. Cassel and Bledsoe are the only Patriots to Steve Grogan 09/24/78 at OAK 65 6 Matt Cassel 11/13/08 NYJ 62 8 have more than one 400-yard passing game in a New England Jim Plunkett 10/21/73 at CHI 61 8 uniform. Against the Jets on Nov. 13, Cassel had the first 400- Steve Grogan 10/03/76 OAK 56 5 yard game for a Patriot since Sept. 22, 2002, when Tom Brady threw for a career-high 410 yards against Kansas City. MOST SINGLE-SEASON RUSH YARDS BY A PATRIOTS QB Rk Player Season Att Yds Avg. Lg TD ALL-TIME PATRIOTS 400-YARD PASSING GAMES 1 Steve Grogan 1978 81 539 6.7 31 5 Player Date Opp. Yards A-C-TD-INT 2 Steve Grogan 1976 60 397 6.6 41t 12 Drew Bledsoe 11/13/94* MIN 426 70-45-3-0 3 Steve Grogan 1979 64 368 5.8 26 2 Drew Bledsoe 11/23/98 MIA 423 54-28-2-2 4 Steve Grogan 1977 61 324 5.3 41 1 Drew Bledsoe 09/04/94 at MIA 421 51-32-4-2 5 Jim Plunkett 1972 36 230 6.4 21 1 Drew Bledsoe 11/03/96 MIA 419 41-30-3-2 6 Tom Yewcic 1962 33 215 6.5 27 2 Matt Cassel 11/23/08 at MIA 415 43-30-3-1 7 Jim Plunkett 1971 45 210 4.7 16 0 Tony Eason 09/21/86 SEA 414 45-26-3-0 8 Jim Plunkett 1973 44 209 4.8 20 5 Tom Brady 09/22/02* KC 410 54-39-4-1 T-9 Matt Cassel 2008 55 200 3.6 19 2 Tom Ramsey 11/29/87* PHI 402 53-34-3-2 T-9 Vito “Babe” Parilli 1965 50 200 4.0 17 0 Steve Grogan 10/12/86 NYJ 401 42-23-3-0 11 Vito “Babe” Parilli 1961 38 183 4.8 24 4 Matt Cassel 11/13/08* NYJ 400 51-30-3-0 Vito “Babe” Parilli 10/16/64 OAK 400 47-25-4-4 *-Overtime
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS OFFENSE NEWS & N OTES
MEMBER OF 2000/2000 CLUB FOR THE 2000s WELKER LEADS NFL IN RECEPTIONS SINCE 2007 KEVIN FAULK is one of just 11 NFL players WES WELKER leads the NFL with 196 this decade to total at least 2,000 rushing receptions since the beginning of last yards and at least 2,000 receiving yards, season. In 2007, he set a Patriots and is one of only six players to have at franchise record with 112 receptions, least 2,000 rushing yards and at least tying him for the NFL lead and setting a 3,000 receiving yards. Faulk has totaled league record for most receptions in a 2,881 rushing yards and 3,083 receiving player’s first season with a new team. yards since 2000, joining an exclusive list This season, his 84 receptions rank of elite players who have achieved the feat. Faulk is one of just second in the league behind Houston’s Andre Johnson six players who reached the milestone with just one team. In the (88). He joined the Patriots via trade prior to the 2007 season. 1990s, there were 13 players who achieved the 2000/2000 milestone; 22 players did it in the 1980s; nine players achieved 2008 NFL RECEPTION LEADERS, 2007-Present Player Team Rec. Yds TD the feat in the 1970s. Wes Welker NE 196 2,043 9 PLAYERS WITH 2,000 RUSHING YARDS AND 2,000 T.J. Houshmandzadeh CIN 193 1,953 16 RECEIVING YARDS SINCE 2000 Larry Fitzgerald ARZ 177 2,484 18 (Listed Alphabetically) Brandon Marshall DEN 174 2,267 11 Player Team Rushing Receiving Tony Gonzalez KC 172 1,978 11 Tiki Barber* NYG 9514 3927 Reggie Wayne IND 166 2,380 15 Warrick Dunn TB/ATL 8201 2858 Derrick Mason BLT 165 1,898 8 Kevin Faulk NE 2881 3083 Randy Moss NE 156 2,278 31 Marshall Faulk* STL 5578 3023 Jason Witten DAL 154 1,854 10 Charlie Garner* SF/OAK/TB 3607 2614 Ahman Green GB/HST 8716 2863 WELKER CATCHES SIX OR MORE PASSES IN Priest Holmes* KC 6658 2598 11 STRAIGHT GAMES TO OPEN 2008 Edgerrin James IND/ARZ 10438 2747 Wes Welker caught at least six passes in each of the first 11 Michael Pittman ARZ/TB/DEN 5247 3316 games this season. Welker is the first player in NFL history to LaDainian Tomlinson SD 11444 3746 have six or more receptions in each of the first 11 games of a Brian Westbrook PHI 5442 3440 *-No Longer Active season, breaking the previous NFL record of eight, achieved by Jacksonville’s Jimmy Smith in 2001. Dating back to last season, MOST PRODUCTIVE PATRIOT SINCE 2001 Welker caught at least six passes in 15 straight games, including KEVIN FAULK has more total yards from scrimmage than any playoffs, from Dec. 29, 2007 to Nov. 23, 2008. other Patriots player since 2001. Faulk has totaled 4,929 yards MOST CONSEC. GAMES WITH 6+ REC. TO OPEN SEASON from scrimmage (2,311 rushing and 2,618 receiving) to lead the Player Team Year Games club over a span during which the Patriots have compiled a 107- Wes Welker New England Patriots 2008 11 34 record. Jimmy Smith Jacksonville Jaguars 2001 8 PATRIOTS LEADERS / YDS FROM SCRIMMAGE SINCE 2001 Hines Ward Pittsburgh Steelers 2004 7 Player Years Rush-Yd Rec.-Yd Yd/Scrim. Mike Ditka Chicago Bears 1964 7 Kevin Faulk 2001-08 536-2311 303-2618 4929 Troy Brown 2001-07 22-150 337-3595 3745 WHAT A RUSH Corey Dillon 2004-06 753-3180 52-431 3611 The Patriots have five players with 100 or more rushing yards in Antowain Smith 2001-03 721-2781 64-527 3308 2008, a total that is tied with Denver for the NFL lead. The Deion Branch 2002-05 3-11 213-2744 2755 Patriots have averaged 130.5 rushing yards per game this season, a total tat ranks ninth in the NFL. FAULK: FRANCHISE RB RECEPTIONS LEADER NFL TEAMS / MOST RUSHERS WITH 100+ YARDS IN 2008 KEVIN FAULK is the Patriots’ all-time leader in receptions by a Team No. Players running back, totaling 366 career receptions. His receiving total New England 5 Faulk (445), Morris (401), Green-Ellis (275), ranks fourth on the Patriots’ overall receptions list. He moved Cassel (200), Jordan (106) past Irving Fryar into fourth place during the Patriots’ game Denver 5 Pittman (320), Hillis (285), Young (268), against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Oct. 30. He passed Terry Hall (144), Cutler (141) Glenn for fifth place against San Francisco on Oct. 5 – a game in Baltimore 4 McClain (545), McGahee (489), Rice (423), Flacco (160) which he also tied his career high with two rushing touchdowns. Kansas City 4 Johnson (657), Charles (313), Thigpen (251), Smith (100) Oakland 4 Fargas (629), McFadden (405), Bush (240), Russell (125) RECEPTIONS BY PATRIOTS RUNNING BACKS Player Years Rec. WELKER/MOSS TALLY UP YARDAGE Kevin Faulk 1999-2008 366 The Patriots are one of six NFL teams this season with two or Tony Collins 1981-1987 261 more receivers with 700 or more receiving yards. Through 12 Sam Cunningham 1973-79,1981-82 210 games, Wes Welker leads the team with 868 receiving yards and Larry Garron 1960-68 185 Randy Moss ranks second with 785 receiving yards. PATRIOTS ALL-TIME CAREER RECEPTIONS LIST NFL TEAMS / TWO RECEIVERS W/ 700+ YARDS IN 2008 Rk Player Pos. Years Rec. Team Receiver Yds Receiver Yds 1 Troy Brown WR 1993-2007 557 Arizona Larry Fitzgerald....1,075 Anquan Boldin...... 942 2 Stanley Morgan WR 1977-1989 534 Steve Breaston...... 773 3 Ben Coates TE 1991-1999 490 New England Wes Welker...... 868 Randy Moss ...... 785 4 Kevin Faulk RB 1999-2008 366 Dallas Terrell Owens...... 816 Jason Witten...... 709 5 Irving Fryar WR 1984-1992 363 Denver Brandon Marshall..942 Eddie Royal...... 757 6 Terry Glenn WR 1996-2001 329 Kansas City Tony Gonzalez...... 806 Dwayne Bowe...... 751 Washington Santana Moss...... 828 Chris Cooley ...... 701
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS DEFENSE /S P. T EAMS NEWS & N OTES
EVEN STEPHEN MAYO LEADS IN TACKLES Since joining the Patriots as a fourth-round draft choice in 2006, Rookie linebacker JEROD MAYO leads the Patriots with 104 STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI has connected on 85 percent of his tackles (67 solo) according to the team’s tally based on coaching regular-season field goals (68-for-80), achieving the best field film breakdown. Mayo leads second-place Tedy Bruschi by 35 goal percentage in Patriots history. He has connected on 90 tackles. According to press box statisticians (who tally unofficial percent of his kicks this year (27-for-30). Additionally, he hit 17 tackle totals at each NFL game), Mayo has been credited straight field goals from Dec. 9, 2007 to Oct. 5, 2008, recording with 94 tackles (75 solo) this season, a total that leads the third-longest consecutive field goal streak in team annals. all NFL rookies and ranks 10th in the NFL. Mayo’s total of He is tied for the third in the NFL in scoring with 107 94 tackles ranks sixth in the AFC. Mayo was selected by the points in 2008, and his 26 successful field goals are tied Patriots in the first round (10th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft for second in the NFL. out of Tennessee. PATRIOTS ALL-TIME LEADERS / FIELD GOAL PCT. MAYO TOTALS 20 TACKLES, MOST FOR A PATRIOT (Minimum 50 Attempts) IN A GAME SINCE 1994 Player Years FGM FGA Pct. Jerod Mayo was credited with 20 tackles (16 solo) by press box Stephen Gostkowski 2006-08 68 80 .850 Adam Vinatieri 1996-05 263 321 .819 statisticians against the Jets on Nov. 13. According to Stats LLC, Matt Bahr 1993-95 55 72 .764 it was the highest tackle total credited to a Patriot by press box Tony Franklin 1984-87 93 125 .744 statisticians since STATS LLC’s records begin in 1994. Mayo’s total of 20 tackles tops Roman Phifer’s 19 tackles (13 solo) on PATRIOTS SINGLE-SEASON LEADERS / FIELD GOAL PCT. Oct. 12, 2003 against the New York Giants as the most by a (Minimum 16 Attempts) Patriot over that span. Tackles are an unofficial NFL statistic. Player Year FGM FGA Pct. Adam Vinatieri 2004 31 33 .949 MERIWEATHER ONE SHY OF NFL INT LEAD Stephen Gostkowski 2008 27 30 .900 BRANDON MERIWEATHER leads the Patriots with four Adam Vinatieri 2002 27 30 .900 interceptions this season, a total that leads the team and is tied Stephen Gostkowski 2007 21 24 .875 for fifth in the NFL. Meriweather is just two short of the NFL Adam Vinatieri 1997 25 29 .862 leader (Troy Polamalu, 6). Meriweather’s total of four MOST CONSECUTIVE FIELD GOALS MADE / TEAM HISTORY interceptions tie the highest total by a Patriots safety Player Strk Began Strk Ended Consec. FGs since Lawyer Milloy had six interceptions in 1998. Since Adam Vinatieri 11/24/96 11/09/97 25 then, Patriots safeties Milloy (1999) and Eugene Wilson (2003 Adam Vinatieri 10/10/04 12/26/04 23 and 2004) have also had four interceptions in a season. Stephen Gostkowski 12/9/07 10/5/08 17 Meriweather was selected by the Patriots in the first round (24th Adam Vinatieri 10/08/00 12/04/00 16 overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft. Tony Franklin 10/26/86 11/23/86 14 HOBBS IS TOP RETURNER LINEBACKERS ARE SACK LEADERS ELLIS HOBBS is the Patriots’ all-time leader in kickoff return MIKE VRABEL and ADALIUS THOMAS are among the top five average (27.3) and ranks sixth in the NFL this season by active linebackers in terms of total career sacks. Vrabel ranks averaging 27.4 yards per return . Against Miami on Sept. 21, fourth with 54.0 sacks, while Thomas ranks fifth with 50 career Hobbs set a team single-game record with 237 kickoff return sacks. yards and had long returns of 81 yards and 50 yards. Last ACTIVE LINEBACKERS SACKS LEADERS season, Hobbs recorded the longest kickoff return in NFL history, Player Team(s) Seasons GP Sacks a 108-yard touchdown return against the New York Jets on Sept. Willie McGinest NE/CLV 15 208 85.0 9, 2007. Joey Porter PIT/MIA 10 150 80.0 Greg Ellis DAL 11 158 74.0 PATRIOTS ALL-TIME LEADING KICKOFF RETURNERS (AVG.) Mike Vrabel PIT/NE 12 172 54.0 (Minimum 50 Returns) Adalius Thomas BAL/NE 9 121 50.0 Player Years KR Yds Avg. TD DeMarcus Ware DAL 4 60 48.5 Ellis Hobbs 2005-08 98 2,675 27.3 2 Julian Peterson SF/SEA 9 123 46.0 Raymond Clayborn 1977-89 57 1,538 27.0 3 Larry Garron 1960-68 89 2,299 25.8 2 VRABEL=VERSATILITY Mack Herron 1973-75 71 1,796 25.3 1 In proving to be one of the NFL’s most versatile players, linebacker MIKE VRABEL has made important contributions for FAULK: TOP PATRIOTS RETURN MAN the Patriots on offense and defense. He led the Patriots with KEVIN FAULK is the top return specialist in Patriots history. Faulk 12.5 sacks in 2007, and also scored two touchdowns for the leads the franchise with 4,804 overall return yards, and is the Patriots in 2007. Vrabel has recorded 10 career receptions, all club’s all-time leading kickoff returner with 3,929 career yards. resulting in touchdowns. PATRIOTS ALL-TIME LEADING RETURNERS MIKE VRABEL’S CAREER TOUCHDOWNS Overall Punt Returns Kick Ret. Date Opponent Scoring Play Yds Player Years Yards TD PR Yds TD KR Yds TD 09/29/02 at San Diego Reception 1 Kevin Faulk 1999-08 4,829 2 91 875 0 175 3,954 2 02/01/04 * Carolina Reception 1 Troy Brown 1993-07 4,487 3 252 2,625 3 87 1,862 0 11/07/04 at St. Louis Reception 2 Dave Meggett 1995-97 3,999 1 142 1,438 1 105 2,561 0 01/02/05 San Francisco Reception 1 Carl Garrett 1969-72 2,738 0 43 487 0 92 2,251 0 02/06/05 ^ Philadelphia Reception 2 09/18/05 at Carolina Interception Return 24 CAPTAINS ELECTED 11/20/05 New Orleans Reception 1 The following players were elected as Patriots captains by their 12/26/05 at N.Y. Jets Reception 1 teammates during the week leading into the season opener— 12/26/05 at N.Y. Jets Reception 2 Offense: QB Tom Brady, T Matt Light, WR Randy Moss; Defense: 10/01/07 at Cincinnati Reception 1 LB Tedy Bruschi, S Rodney Harrison, LB Mike Vrabel, NT Vince 10/28/07 Washington Reception 2 Wilfork; Special Teams: LB Larry Izzo. *-Super Bowl XXXVIII ^-Super Bowl XXXIX
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS INSIDE THE NUMBERS
MILESTONES APPROACHING HOLDING THE LEAD 1 39 The number of victories Patriots head coach Bill Belichick needs The number of consecutive regular-season games the Patriots to reach 150 total wins for his career. Belichick has 149 career have won when leading at halftime, setting a post-merger NFL wins (134 regular season, 15 playoffs). There are 16 coaches in record (1970-present). New England has not lost when holding a NFL history who have reached the 150-win mark. halftime lead since Dec. 20, 2004 at Miami. The Patriots are 7-0 1 in 2008 when holding a halftime lead. The number of fourth-quarter leads the Patriots need to hold to 38 set the post-merger NFL record for most consecutive victories The number of consecutive regular-season games the Patriots when leading entering the fourth quarter. The Patriots have won have won when leading entering the fourth quarter. The last 38 straight games in which they’ve held the lead heading into time the Patriots lost a game when leading after three quarters the final quarter, a mark that is tied for the post-1970 record was at Miami on Dec. 20, 2004. with New England’s streak of 38 straight such victories from 70-1 2001-04. The Patriots’ regular-season record when leading at halftime 1 since losing at Denver on Oct. 28, 2001. The number of sacks Richard Seymour needs to set a new 76-1 single-season career high. He enters this week’s game with 7.5 The Patriots’ regular-season record when leading entering the sacks in 2008 and set a career best with 8.0 sacks in 2003. fourth quarter since the beginning of the 2001 season. 1 The number of sacks Richard Seymour needs to break into the STREAKING top 10 on the Patriots’ all-time career sacks list. Seymour enters 13 this week’s game with 38.5 career sacks, and Houston Antwine The number of consecutive regular-season games the Patriots ranks 10th on the team’s all-time sacks list with 39.0 career have won against NFC teams. The last time New England lost to sacks. an NFC club in the regular season was Sept. 18, 2005 at 3 Carolina. The number of receptions Jabar Gaffney needs to reach a total 8 of 250 receptions for his career. The number of consecutive regular-season victories the Patriots 70 own against the NFC West. The last time New England lost to an The number of receiving yards Jabar Gaffney needs to reach a NFC West team was Nov. 18, 2001, when St. Louis claimed a 24- total of 3,000 receiving yards for his career. 17 win at Foxboro Stadium. 4 8 The number of receptions Wes Welker needs to reach a total of The number of consecutive games the Patriots have won in the 200 receptions in a Patriots uniform, becoming the 15th player in month of December, a streak that dates back to 2006. franchise history to achieve the feat. 6 22 The number of consecutive games the Patriots have won The number of receiving yards Randy Moss needs to reach following a loss, including four this season. 13,000 receiving yards for his career. Moss enters the game with 52 12,978 career receiving yards. There are 10 players in NFL The number of consecutive regular-season games the Patriots history who have broken the 13,000-yard receiving mark for have won when having a positive turnover differential in the their careers. game. The last time the Patriots lost a game in which they won 112 the turnover battle was on Oct. 27, 2002 against Denver, when The number of receiving yards Randy Moss needs to pass Steve they lost 24-16 despite having a +2 turnover differential. Largent and move into the NFL’s top 10 all-time leaders in 11 receiving yards. Moss enters this week’s game ranked 11th in The number of consecutive regular-season games the Patriots league annals with 12,978 receiving yards while Largent places have won when a New England player has a 100-yard rushing 10th with 13,089 career receiving yards. game. The last time New England lost a game in which one of its 216 runners broke the 100-yard mark was on Dec. 20, 2004, when The number of passing yards Matt Cassel needs to reach 3,000 the Patriots lost 29-28 at Miami despite a 121-yard effort by passing yards for the season and become the seventh player in Corey Dillon. franchise history to throw for 3,000 yards or more in a season, 158 joining Babe Parilli, Steve Grogan, Tony Eason, Hugh Millen, The number of consecutive home games the Patriots have sold Drew Bledsoe and Tom Brady. out. The streak includes every preseason, regular-season and 73 playoff game since the 1994 regular-season opener. The number of rushing yards Kevin Faulk needs to pass Corey 5 Dillon for seventh place on the Patriots’ all-time rushing list. The number of consecutive AFC East titles the Patriots have won Faulk enters the game with 3,108 rushing yards for New entering 2008, marking the longest streak of consecutive crowns England, while Dillon ranks seventh in team history with 3,180 in the division’s history. yards in a Patriots uniform. 7 The number of consecutive seasons in which the Patriots have TOSS UP won nine or more regular-season games. They are the only team 6-0 in the NFL to have won at least nine games in each of the last The Patriots’ record this season when winning the coin toss. seven seasons. 1-5 The Patriots’ record this season when losing the coin toss.
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS HOME OF THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Overall record at Gillette Stadium: 50-12 (.806)
The Patriots and their fans at Gillette Stadium have established one of the biggest home-field advantages in the country. Since its Grand Opening on Sept. 9, 2002, the Patriots have compiled a 50-12 record at their privately financed, state-of-the art stadium. Patriots fans have embraced the team’s new home with unprecedented fervor, extending the franchise’s home sellout streak into its 15th year. In the six-plus seasons that New England has called Gillette Stadium home, every game has been sold out as the Patriots have won five AFC East titles, hosted two AFC Championship Games and recorded a 7-0 record in home playoff games at Gillette Stadium.
TOUGH AT HOME PATRIOT PLACE The Patriots own an overall record of 50-12 (.806) at Gillette Patriot Place is New England’s premier shopping, dining and Stadium. Since their state-of-the-art facility opened at the entertainment destination. With retailers ranging from Bass Pro beginning of the 2002 season, the Patriots own the NFL’s best Shops to Victoria’s Secret, Patriot Place visitors can find record at home. Now in their seventh season at Gillette Stadium, something for everyone this holiday season, while also treating the Patriots have finished three seasons undefeated at home their families to lunch or dinner at one of 12 great restaurants, a since the stadium opened (2003, 2004 and 2007) and own a movie at Showcase Cinema de Lux or a visit to the amazing Hall perfect 7-0 playoff record at the venue. at Patriot Place presented by Raytheon. For more information on Patriot Place, please visit Patriot-Place.com. BEST HOME RECORDS SINCE 2002 Team W L T Pct PF PA RETAIL (NOW OPEN) RETAIL (Cont. ) SERVICES, LIFESTYLE & New England 50 12 0 .806 1520 992 Aéropostale Reebok ENTERTAINMENT Bass Pro Shops Solstice Sunglass Boutique (NOW OPEN) Indianapolis 45 14 0 .763 1647 1095 Bath & Body Works Sprint Green Tangerine Salon Pittsburgh 40 17 1 .698 1454 1095 Bed Bath & Beyond Staples Showcase Cinema de Lux Seattle 41 18 0 .695 1499 1105 CBS Store Journey's Showcase Live Baltimore 38 17 0 .691 1269 906 Christmas Tree Shops Sovereign Bank Circuit City DINING (NOW OPEN) The Hall at Patriot Place Denver 38 18 0 .679 1346 1109 Claire's Bar Louie presented by Raytheon Philadelphia 40 21 0 .656 1432 1089 PUMA Baskin Robbins Café 31 San Diego 37 20 0 .649 1519 1168 Crabtree & Evelyn Blue Fin Lounge at Bass Pro Shops COMING SOON Minnesota 34 20 0 .630 1307 1070 Eastern Mountain Sports CBS Scene Restaurant & Bar Brigham and Women's/ NOTE: Records include regular-season and playoff games Fossil Davio’s Mass General Health Care Center G.H. Bass & Co. Studio 3 at Showcase Cinema de Lux Gamestop Tournament Store Godiva Dunkin Donuts GNC HOMELAND DEFENSE Victoria's Secret Five Guys Burgers & Fries Renaissance Hotel and Spa Since Gillette Stadium opened in 2002, the Patriots have had the Hollister Qdoba at Patriot Place Life is Good Red Robin Gourmet Burgers NFL’s best defense at home. New England has allowed an Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse Skipjack’s average of just 16.00 points per game, a figure that leads the Old Navy Tastings Wine Bar & Bistro league since 2002. Since 2003, the Patriots have allowed just PacSun 14.81 points per game at home (800 points in 54 games), a Patriots Pro Shop mark that is also the best in the NFL over that span. THE HALL AT PATRIOT PLACE FEWEST POINTS PER GAME ALLOWED AT HOME The Hall at Patriot Place presented by SINCE GILLETTE STADIUM OPENED IN 2002 Raytheon is the crown jewel of Patriot Place Team Stadium GP Pts Pts/Gm and the only sports and education experience New England Gillette Stadium 62 992 16.00 of its kind in the world. Through a dazzling Tampa Bay Raymond James Stadium 57 923 16.19 array of interactive multimedia exhibits and Baltimore M&T Bank Stadium 55 906 16.47 artifacts never before viewable by the Jacksonville Jacksonville Municipal Stad. 54 916 16.96 public, The Hall at Patriot Place presented by Philadelphia Vets Stadium/Lincoln Financial 61 1089 17.85 Raytheon showcases the tradition of the New N.Y. Jets Giants Stadium 55 1019 18.53 England Patriots, explores the history of Indianapolis RCA Dome/Lucas Oil Stadium 59 1095 18.56 football in New England, and promotes math and science Carolina Bank of America Stad. 55 1023 18.60 education for the thousands of schoolchildren expected to visit Seattle Qwest Field 59 1105 18.73 each year. For more information, please visit NOTE: Records include regular-season and playoff games www.thehallatpatriotplace.com .
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS PATRIOTS NEWS AND NOTES
PATRIOTS WINNING STREAKS PRO BOWL BALLOTING UNDERWAY The Patriots recorded the longest regular-season winning streak NFL Pro Bowl balloting runs from Oct. in NFL history, winning 21 consecutive regular-season games 13 through Dec. 9. Fans may vote for their from Dec. 17, 2006 to Sept. 14, 2008. New England’s 21-game favorite NFL players to represent the AFC regular-season winning streak eclipsing the previous NFL record and NFC in the 2009 Pro Bowl in Honolulu of 18 consecutive regular-season wins, achieved by the Patriots on Sunday, Feb. 8. Fans may vote online at from Oct. 5, 2003 to Oct. 24, 2004. nfl.com/probowl or on Web-enabled mobile phones by going to NFL.com. The NFL’S LONGEST REGULAR-SEASON WIN STREAKS AFC and NFC All-Star squads are Team Years Streak New England Patriots 2006-08 21 determined by the consensus votes of fans, players and coaches. New England Patriots 2003-04 18 Each group’s vote counts one-third towards determining each Chicago Bears 1933-34 17 conference’s 43-man roster. NFL players and coaches will cast Pittsburgh Steelers 2004-05 16 their votes on Dec. 11-12. The Pro Bowl teams will be Miami Dolphins 1983-84 16 announced at 4:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Dec. 16 in a Pro Bowl Miami Dolphins 1971-73 16 Selection Show on NFL Network. Chicago Bears 1941-42 16 HOT WHEN IT’S COLD ON THE ROAD TO VICTORY The Patriots have enjoyed tremendous recent success in The Patriots won 12 consecutive regular-season road games cold weather and are 23-4 since 1993 when the kickoff from Dec. 24, 2006 to Oct. 5, 2008. New England’s road winning temperature is 34 degrees or less. streak is the second longest in NFL history, trailing only the San Z!New England has won 18 of its last 21 games when the Francisco 49ers’ 18 straight road wins from 1988-90. kickoff temperature has been 34 degrees or colder. Z!Since 1993, the Patriots are 16-1 when it’s 30 degrees or less. MOST CONSECUTIVE ROAD VICTORIES / NFL HISTORY Team Victories First Win Final Win PATRIOTS GAMES 34 DEGREES OR COLDER San Francisco 49ers 18 11/27/88 12/30/90 SINCE 1993 (23-4) New England Patriots 12 12/24/06 10/5/08 Date Opp. Temp Notes W/L Score San Diego/LA Chargers 11 10/02/60 11/12/61 01/10/04 TEN* 4 Wind Chill –10 W 17-14 San Francisco 49ers 11 09/20/87 10/16/88 01/23/05 at PIT* 11 Wind Chill –1 W 41-27 Pittsburgh Steelers 11 09/26/04 11/06/05 12/26/93 IND 19 Wind Chill –1 W 38-0 01/20/08 SD* 23 Wind Chill 9 W 21-12 01/07/06 JAX* 24 Clear and Calm W 28-3 TOP TELEVISION RATINGS 12/21/96 at NYG 24 Wind Chill 17 W 23-22 Historically, the Patriots have been at or near the top of the 01/01/06 MIA 25 Wind Chill 20 L 26-28 weekly television ratings for the 2.4 million homes in the Boston 01/16/05 IND* 25 Snow W 20-3 TV market. More than 20 percent of the Boston market has 12/14/03 JAX 25 Wind Chill 16 W 27-13 01/19/02 OAK* 25 Snow W 16-13 ot tuned in to each of the Patriots’ five games this season. 12/05/05 NYJ 26 Light Snow W 16-3 12/10/95 NYJ 26 Wind Chill 12 W 31-28 PATRIOTS 2008 RATINGS IN BOSTON TV MARKET 01/12/97 JAX* 27 Wind Chill 11 W 20-6 Date Opponent Net. Boston TV Rtg/Shr/Viewers 12/07/03 MIA 28 Wind Chill 17 W 12-0 09/07 Kansas City CBS WBZ Ch. 4 23.7 / 55 / 568,000 12/11/05 at BUF 30 Light Snow W 35-7 09/14 at N.Y. Jets CBS WBZ Ch. 4 32.0 / 55 / 765,000 12/26/04 at NYJ 30 Wind Chill 21 W 23-7 09/21 Miami CBS WBZ Ch. 4 20.5 / 48 / 492,000 12/20/03 at NYJ 30 Wind Chill 20 W 21-16 10/05 at San Fran. CBS WBZ Ch. 4 30.7 / 54 / 739,000 11/05/06 IND 31 Clear and Calm L 20-27 10/12 at San Diego NBC WHDH Ch. 7 21.2 / 35 / 511,000 12/24/00 MIA 31 Wind Chill 22 L 24-27 10/20 Denver ESPN WCVB Ch. 5 21.8 / 36 / 512,000 01/02/05 SF 32 Wind Chill 27 W 21-7 01/18/04 IND* 32 Light Snow W 24-14 10/26 St. Louis FOX WFXT Ch. 25 23.5 / 52 / 567,000 11/16/03 DAL 33 Cloudy and Calm W 12-0 11/02 at Indianapolis NBC WHDH Ch. 7 27.5 / 41 / 662,000 11/26/95 at BUF 33 Flurries W 35-25 11/09 Buffalo CBS WBZ Ch. 4 25.1 / 57 / 604,000 11/30/08 PIT 34 Rain L 10-33 11/13 N.Y. Jets NFLN WCVB Ch. 5 26.2 / 41 / 633,000 12/09/07 PIT 34 Cloudy and Cold W 34-13 11/23 at Miami CBS WBZ Ch. 4 28.5 / 56 / 687,000 12/16/01 at BUF 34 Wind Chill 25 W 12-9 ot 11/30 Pittsburgh CBS WBZ Ch. 4 33.2 / 52 / TBA 12/12/93 CIN 34 Wind Chill 23 W 7-2 Each ratings point represents one percent of the 2.4 million homes in the Boston TV market. *-playoffs ESPN/NFLN games include Rating and Share as a combined figure from both ESPN/NFLN and WCVB THE GREATEST SHOW IN SNOW PATRIOTS RATINGS HISTORY The Patriots are 9-0 all-time in games in Foxborough when snow Historical ratings in Boston television market has fallen during the game. Three of the Patriots’ home playoff Regular Season Rating / Share / Viewers games have involved frozen precipitation, with all three contests 2008 Regular Season Average...... 25.9 / 47 / 607,000 ending in memorable victories. Below is a list of all of the 2007 Regular Season Average...... 33.8 / 56 / 807,000 Patriots’ snow games in Foxborough since they moved from 2006 Regular Season Average...... 26.7 / 52 / 634,000 Boston in 1971. 2005 Regular Season Average...... 27.2 / 51 / N/A 2004 Regular Season Average...... 31.2 / 56 / N/A SNOW GAMES IN FOXBOROUGH (9-0) 2003 Regular Season Average...... 26.8 / 51 / N/A Date Opp. Temp Weather W/L Score 2002 Regular Season Average...... 28.5 / 53 / N/A 12/04/05 NYJ 26 Light Snow W 16-3 2001 Regular Season Average...... 24.7 / 48 / N/A 01/16/05 IND* 25 Snow W 20-3 01/18/04 IND* 32 Light Snow W 24-14 Playoffs Rating / Share 12/14/03 JAX 25 Snow in 2nd Half W 27-13 2007 Postseason Average ...... 47.3 / 72 12/07/03 MIA 28 Cold, Snow, Wind W 12-0 2006 Postseason Average ...... 44.1 / 66 01/19/02 OAK* 25 Snow, 3-5 inches W 16-13 ot 2005 Postseason Average ...... 38.3 / 60 12/04/83 NO 35 Cold, Snowing W 7-0 2004 Postseason Average ...... 48.9 / 70 12/12/82 MIA 22 Wind, Snow W 3-0 2003 Postseason Average ...... 47.0 / 72 12/10/78 BUF 28 Snow, Some Sun W 26-24 *-Playoffs 2001 Postseason Average ...... 47.4 / 73
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 O FFENSIVE STATISTICS
WON 7, LOST 5 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/07 W 17-10 Kansas City 68,756 Faulk 73 445 6.1 41 3 09/14 W 19-10 at New York Jets 78,554 Morris 92 401 4.4 34 5 09/21 L 13-38 Miami 68,756 Green-Ellis 74 275 3.7 15 5 10/05 W 30-21 at San Francisco 67,650 Cassel 55 200 3.6 19 2 10/12 L 10-30 at San Diego 68,704 Jordan 24 106 4.4 11 0 10/20 W 41- 7 Denver 68,756 Maroney 28 93 3.3 17 0 10/26 W 23-16 St. Louis 68,756 Welker 3 26 8.7 19 0 11/02 L 15-18 at Indianapolis 66,508 Evans 10 20 2.0 4 0 11/09 W 20-10 Buffalo 68,756 Moss 2 0 0.0 2 0 11/13 L 31-34 OT New York Jets 68,756 TEAM 361 1566 4.3 41 15 11/23 W 48-28 at Miami 67,146 OPPONENTS 312 1267 4.1 62t 7 11/30 L 10-33 Pittsburgh 68,756 * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 12/07 at Seattle Welker 84 868 10.3 64 1 12/14 at Oakland Moss 58 785 13.5 66t 8 12/21 Arizona Faulk 43 363 8.4 22 1 12/28 at Buffalo Gaffney 29 330 11.4 23 2 N.E. Opp. Watson 21 207 9.9 29 1 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 262 208 Morris 15 116 7.7 28 0 Rushing 107 54 D. Thomas 9 93 10.3 18 0 Passing 136 142 Aiken 5 81 16.2 43 0 Penalty 19 12 Green-Ellis 3 37 12.3 20 0 3rd Down: Made/Att 68/165 67/150 Washington 1 3 3.0 3 0 3rd Down Pct. 41.2 44.7 TEAM 268 2883 10.8 66t 13 4th Down: Made/Att 12/17 1/5 OPPONENTS 225 2711 12.0 69t 21 4th Down Pct. 70.6 20.0 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD POSSESSION AVG. 31:37 28:23 Meriweather 4 25 6.3 19 0 TOTAL NET YARDS 4261 3809 O'Neal 3 49 16.3 47 0 Avg. Per Game 355.1 317.4 Hobbs 2 7 3.5 4 0 Total Plays 815 691 J. Sanders 1 9 9.0 9 0 Avg. Per Play 5.2 5.5 Vrabel 1 5 5.0 5 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 1566 1267 Harrison 1 0 0.0 0 0 Avg. Per Game 130.5 105.6 TEAM 12 95 7.9 47 0 Total Rushes 361 312 OPPONENTS 10 181 18.1 89 0 NET YARDS PASSING 2695 2542 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B Avg. Per Game 224.6 211.8 Hanson 37 1638 44.3 36.2 9 15 70 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 40/188 23/169 TEAM 37 1638 44.3 36.2 9 15 70 0 Gross Yards 2883 2711 OPPONENTS 53 2357 44.5 37.1 6 14 82 0 Att./Completions 414/268 356/225 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Completion Pct. 64.7 63.2 Welker 16 4 161 10.1 44 0 Had Intercepted 10 12 Faulk 7 9 106 15.1 24 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 37/44.3 53/44.5 O'Neal 2 1 2 1.0 2 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 37/36.2 53/37.1 TEAM 25 14 269 10.8 44 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 43/391 63/512 OPPONENTS 9 10 119 13.2 29 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 16/10 9/5 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD TOUCHDOWNS 28 29 Hobbs 38 1043 27.4 81 0 Rushing 15 7 Slater 11 155 14.1 31 0 Passing 13 21 Faulk 2 36 18.0 25 0 Returns 0 1 Neal 1 27 27.0 27 0 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS Welker 1 26 26.0 26 0 TEAM 43 85 76 73 0 277 TEAM 53 1287 24.3 81 0 OPPONENTS 61 65 48 78 3 255 OPPONENTS 49 1158 23.6 92t 1 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Gostkowski 0 0 0 0 26/26 27/30 0 107 Gostkowski 0/ 0 7/ 8 12/12 8/10 0/0 Moss 8 0 8 0 0 48 TEAM 0/ 0 7/ 8 12/12 8/10 0/0 Green-Ellis 5 5 0 0 0 30 OPPONENTS 0/ 0 10/10 3/ 4 3/ 5 1/1 Morris 5 5 0 0 0 30 Gostkowski: (37G)(21G,37G,28G,27G)(37G,44G) Faulk 4 3 1 0 0 24 (35G,40G,49G)(48N,47G)(31G,40G)(30G,27G,41G) Gaffney 2 0 2 0 0 14 (29G,35G,25G)(32G,49N,37G)(42G,31G,47G)(30G, Cassel 2 2 0 0 0 12 30G)(29G,27N) Watson 1 0 1 0 0 6 OPPONENTS: (40G)(31N,21G)(39G)()(25G,44N,35G, Welker 1 0 1 0 0 6 23G)()(20G,44G,25G)(52G)(25G)(22G,34G)()(20G, TEAM 28 15 13 0 26/26 27/30 0 277 25G,20G,40N,45G) OPPONENTS 29 7 21 1 28/28 17/20 0 255 2-Pt. Conversions: Gaffney, TEAM 1-2, OPPONENTS 1-1 SACKS: Seymour 7.5, A. Thomas 5, Vrabel 3, Warren 2, Wilfork 2, Hobbs 1.5, Woods 1, Wright 1, TEAM 23, OPPONENTS 40 FUM/LOST: Cassel 7/4, Moss 3/2, Slater 2/1, Hobbs 1/0, Morris 1/1, Watson 1/1, Welker 1/1 * PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Cassel 398 257 2784 64.6 6.99 13 3.3 10 2.5 66t 39/ 186 85.5 Brady 11 7 76 63.6 6.91 0 0.0 0 0.0 26 0/ 0 83.9 O'Connell 4 3 25 75.0 6.25 0 0.0 0 0.0 12 1/ 2 90.6 Faulk 1 1 -2 100.0 -2.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 -2 0/ 0 79.2 TEAM 414 268 2883 64.7 6.96 13 3.1 10 2.4 66t 40/ 188 85.4 OPPONENTS 356 225 2711 63.2 7.62 21 5.9 12 3.4 69t 23/ 169 92.1
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 D EFENSIVE STATISTICS
Tackle Statistics based on Coaches Film Review PLAYER TACKLE S SACK S INTERCEPTIONS FUMBLES SP. TEAM S Name T T UT A S/ Yds QH Int / Yds TD PD FF FR / Yds TD T T UT A FF F R Jerod Ma yo 1046737- - 1- - -30100220- - Ted y Bruschi 69 36 33 - - 1 - - - 1 ------Vince Wilfork 62 39 23 2.0 13.0 2 - - - 1 ------Ty Warren 58 34 24 2.0 11.0 4 - - - - 1 1 8 0 - - - - - Brandon Meriweather 55 38 17 - - - 4 25 0 6 - - - - 7 2 5 - - James Sanders 54 34 20 - - - 1 9 0 3 - - - - 4 2 2 - - Richard Se ymour 53 30 23 7.5 46.5 16 - - - 1 ------Rodne y Harrison 45 27 18 - - 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 - - - - - Ellis Hobbs 40 34 6 1.5 9.5 1 2 7 0 10 - - - - 2 0 2 - - Mike Vrabel 40 18 22 3.0 15.0 6 1 5 0 4 - - - - 1 0 1 - - Adalius Thomas 35 24 11 5.0 64.0 7 - - - 4 - - - - 1 0 1 - - Deltha O'Neal 29 27 2 - - - 3 49 0 6 ------Pierre Woods 27 20 7 1.0 5.0 2 - - - 1 - - - - 11 9 2 - - Mike Wri ght 2411131.0 5.0 3 - - - - 1 0 0 0 - - - - - Gar y Gu yton 23194 ------20270624- - Jarvis Green 19 11 8 - - 1 ------Lewis Sanders 16 13 3 ------1 0 0 0 2 1 1 - - Jonathan Wilhite 10 7 3 ------4 2 2 - - Le Kevin Smith 10 5 5 ------0 1 0 0 - - - - - Jason Webster 5 3 2 ------1 0 0 0 - - - - - Mike Richardson 4 4 0 ------5 3 2 - - Terrence Wheatle y 220------2------Antwain S pann 110------101-- Larr y Izzo 000------853-- Sam Aiken 0 0 0 ------8 1 7 - - Matthew Slater 0 0 0 ------6 2 4 - - Kelle y Washin gton 000------541-- Ra y Ventron e 000------321-- Vince Redd 0 0 0 ------3 0 3 Chris Hanson 0 0 0 ------2 1 1 - - Ste phen Gostkowski 0 0 0 ------2 0 2 Heath Evan s 000------101-- Totals 785 504 281 23.0 169.0 46 12 95 0 46 5 5 15 0 84 38 46 0 0
FUMBLES - LOST (16-10) KEY Own TT- Total Tackle s Int /Yds- Interce ptions /Yards Returned No. Lost Rec O.B. UT- Unassisted Tackles PD- Passes Defensed Matt Cassel 7 4 2 0 A-Assisted Tackles FF- Forced Fumble s Rand y Moss 3 2 1 0 S/YL- Sacks/Yards Lost FR/Yds- Fumble Recoveries/Yards Returned Matthew Slater 2 1 0 0 QH- Quarterback Hit s Samm y Morris 1 1 1 0 Wes Welker 1 1 0 0 Ben jamin Waston 1 1 0 0 Ellis Hobbs 1 0 1 0 Mark LeVoir 0 0 1 0 Totals 16 10 6 0 BLOCKED KICKS XP FG P MISC. OFFENSIVE STATS Tkl Ast FF F R Totals 0 0 0 Rand y Moss 4 0 0 0 Lo gan Mankins 3 0 0 0 Wes Welker 3 0 0 0 Matt Cassel 2 0 0 0 Ben jamin Watson 2 0 0 0 Kevin Faulk 1 0 0 0 BenJarvus Green-Ellis 1 0 0 0 Totals 16 0 0 0
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AS OF DECEMBER 2, 2008 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTE R # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN # NAME POS 88 Aiken, Sam WR 6-2 215 12/14/1980 6 North Carolina Kenansville, N.C. 3 Stephen Gostkowski K 65 Britt, Wesley T 6-8 320 11/21/1981 3 Alabama Cullman, Ala. 5 Kevin O'Connell QB 54 Bruschi, Tedy LB 6-1 247 6/9/1973 13 Arizona Roseville, Calif. 6 Chris Hanson P 16 Cassel, Matt QB 6-4 230 5/17/1982 4 Southern California Northridge, Calif. 7 Matt Gutierrez QB 85 DeVree, Tyson TE 6-6 245 11/12/1984 R Colorado Hudsonville, Mich. 10 Jabar Gaffney WR 44 Evans, Heath RB 6-0 250 12/30/1978 8 Auburn West Palm Beach, Fla. 15 Kelley Washington WR 33 Faulk, Kevin RB 5-8 202 6/5/1976 10 Louisiana State Carencro, La. 16 Matt Cassel QB 10 Gaffney, Jabar WR 6-1 200 12/1/1980 7 Florida Jacksonville, Fla. 18 Matthew Slater WR 3 Gostkowski, Stephen K 6-1 210 1/28/1984 3 Memphis Madison, Miss. 21 Deltha O'Neal CB 97 Green, Jarvis DL 6-3 285 1/12/1979 7 Louisiana State Donaldsonville, La. 23 Jason Webster CB 42 Green-Ellis, BenJarvus RB 5-11 215 7/2/1985 R Mississippi New Orleans, La. 24 Jonathan Wilhite CB 7 Gutierrez, Matt QB 6-4 230 6/9/1984 2 Idaho State Concord, Calif. 27 Ellis Hobbs III CB 59 Guyton, Gary LB 6-3 242 11/14/1985 R Georgia Tech Hinesville, Ga. 28 Antwain Spann S 6 Hanson, Chris P 6-2 202 10/25/1976 10 Marshall Sharpsburg, Ga. 29 Lewis Sanders CB 27 Hobbs, Ellis CB 5-9 195 5/16/1983 4 Iowa State DeSoto, Texas 31 Brandon Meriweather DB 71 Hochstein, Russ G/C 6-4 305 10/7/1977 8 Nebraska Hartington, Neb. 32 LaMont Jordan RB 53 Izzo, Larry LB 5-10 228 9/26/1974 13 Rice Houston, Texas 33 Kevin Faulk RB 32 Jordan, LaMont RB 5-10 230 11/11/1978 8 Maryland Suitland, Md. 34 Sammy Morris RB 77 Kaczur, Nick T 6-4 315 7/28/1979 4 Toledo Brantford, Ontario 35 Mike Richardson CB 67 Koppen, Dan C 6-2 296 9/12/1979 6 Boston College Whitehall, Pa. 36 James Sanders S 64 LeVoir, Mark T 6-7 306 7/29/1982 2 Notre Dame Eden Prairie, Minn. 41 Ray Ventrone DB 72 Light, Matt T 6-4 305 6/23/1978 8 Purdue Greenville, Ohio 42 BenJarvus Green-Ellis RB 70 Mankins, Logan G 6-4 310 3/10/1982 4 Fresno State Catheys Valley, Calif. 44 Heath Evans RB 51 Mayo, Jerod LB 6-1 242 2/23/1986 R Tennessee Hampton, Va. 49 Vince Redd LB 31 Meriweather, Brandon DB 5-11 200 1/14/1984 2 Miami (Fla.) Apopka, Fla. 50 Mike Vrabel LB 34 Morris, Sammy RB 6-0 220 3/23/1977 9 Texas Tech San Antonio, Texas 51 Jerod Mayo LB 81 Moss, Randy WR 6-4 210 2/13/1977 11 Marshall Rand, W. Va. 53 Larry Izzo LB 61 Neal, Stephen G 6-4 305 10/9/1976 7 Cal State-Bakersfield San Diego, Calif. 54 Tedy Bruschi LB 5 O'Connell, Kevin QB 6-5 225 5/25/1985 R San Diego State Carlsbad, Calif. 58 Pierre Woods LB 21 O'Neal, Deltha CB 5-11 194 1/30/1977 9 California Milpitas, Calif. 59 Gary Guyton LB 66 Paxton, Lonie LS 6-2 260 3/13/1978 9 Sacramento State Corona, Calif. 61 Stephen Neal G 49 Redd, Vince LB 6-6 260 9/1/1985 R Liberty Elizabethton, Tenn. 64 Mark LeVoir T 35 Richardson, Mike CB 5-11 190 2/18/1984 2 Notre Dame Warner Robins, Ga. 65 Wesley Britt T 36 Sanders, James S 5-10 210 11/11/1983 4 Fresno State Porterville, Calif. 66 Lonie Paxton LS 29 Sanders, Lewis CB 6-1 210 6/22/1978 9 Maryland Staten Island, N.Y. 67 Dan Koppen C 93 Seymour, Richard DL 6-6 310 10/6/1979 8 Georgia Gadsden, S.C. 70 Logan Mankins G 18 Slater, Matthew WR 6-0 198 9/9/1985 R UCLA Anaheim, Calif. 71 Russ Hochstein G/C 90 Smith, Le Kevin DL 6-3 308 7/21/1982 3 Nebraska Macon, Ga. 72 Matt Light T 28 Spann, Antwain S 6-0 195 2/22/1983 3 Louisiana-Lafayette Oceanside, Calif. 74 Billy Yates G 96 Thomas, Adalius LB 6-2 270 8/18/1977 9 Southern Mississippi Equality, Ala. 75 Vince Wilfork NT 86 Thomas, David TE 6-3 248 7/5/1983 3 Texas Wolfforth, Texas 77 Nick Kaczur T 41 Ventrone, Ray DB 5-10 200 10/21/1982 3 Villanova Pittsburgh, Pa. 81 Randy Moss WR 50 Vrabel, Mike LB 6-4 261 8/14/1975 12 Ohio State Akron, Ohio 83 Wes Welker WR 94 Warren, Ty DL 6-5 300 2/6/1981 6 Texas A&M Bryan, Texas 84 Benjamin Watson TE 15 Washington, Kelley WR 6-3 215 8/21/1979 6 Tennessee Stephens City, Va. 85 Tyson DeVree TE 84 Watson, Benjamin TE 6-3 255 12/18/1980 5 Georgia Rock Hill, S.C. 86 David Thomas TE 23 Webster, Jason CB 5-9 187 9/8/1977 9 Texas A&M Houston, Texas 88 Sam Aiken WR 83 Welker, Wes WR 5-9 185 5/1/1981 5 Texas Tech Oklahoma City, Okla. 90 Le Kevin Smith DL 75 Wilfork, Vince NT 6-2 325 11/4/1981 5 Miami (Fla.) Boynton Beach, Fla. 93 Richard Seymour DL 24 Wilhite, Jonathan CB 5-11 185 2/23/1984 R Auburn Monroe, La. 94 Ty Warren DL 58 Woods, Pierre LB 6-5 250 1/6/1982 3 Michigan Cleveland, Ohio 96 Adalius Thomas LB 99 Wright, Mike DL 6-4 295 3/1/1982 4 Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 97 Jarvis Green DL 74 Yates, Billy G 6-2 305 4/15/1980 5 Texas A&M Fort Worth, Texas 99 Mike Wright DL
PRACTICE S QUAD PRACTICE S QUAD # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN # NAME POS 62 Adams, Titus DL 6-4 305 1/28/1983 1 Nebraska Omaha, Neb. 1 Tom Malone P 63 Connolly, Dan G/C 6-4 313 9/2/1982 3 Southeast Missouri St. St. Louis, Mo. 17 Maurice Price WR 30 Dillard, Mark S 5-11 210 12/5/1986 R Louisiana Tech Baton Rouge, La. 30 Mark Dillard S 1 Malone, Tom P 6-0 205 3/29/1984 1 Southern California Lake Elsinore, Calif. 62 Titus Adams DL 17 Price, Maurice WR 6-1 197 9/11/1985 2 Charleston Southern Olympia, Fla. 69 Ryan Wendell G 92 Robertson, Darrell LB 6-4 246 4/15/1986 R Georgia Tech Jonesboro, Ga. 92 Darrell Robertson LB 69 Wendell, Ryan G 6-2 275 3/4/1986 R Fresno State Diamond Bar, Calif. 63 Dan Connolly G/C
RESERVE/INJURED LIS T RESERVE/INJURED LIS T # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN # NAME POS 52 Alexander, Eric LB 6-2 240 2/8/1982 4 Louisiana State Port Arthur, Texas 12 Tom Brad y QB 12 Brady, Tom QB 6-4 225 8/3/1977 9 Michigan San Mateo, Calif. 22 Terrence Wheatley CB 98 Crable, Shawn LB 6-5 243 12/26/1984 R Michigan Massillon, Ohio 26 Tank Williams S 37 Harrison, Rodney S 6-1 220 12/15/1972 15 Western Illinois Chicago, Ill. 37 Rodney Harrison S 39 Maroney, Laurence RB 5-11 220 2/5/1985 3 Minnesota St. Louis, Mo. 39 Laurence Maroney RB 68 O’Callaghan, Ryan T 6-7 330 7/19/1983 3 California Redding, Calif. 52 Eric Alexander LB 91 Ruud, Bo LB 6-3 235 9/2/1984 R Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 68 Ryan O'Callaghan T 95 Smith, Kenny DL 6-4 303 9/8/1977 6 Alabama Meridian, Miss. 75 Barry Stokes OL 75 Stokes, Barry OL 6-4 310 12/20/1973 11 Eastern Michigan Flint, Mich. 91 Bo Ruud LB 22 Wheatley, Terrence CB 5-9 183 5/5/1985 R Colorado Plano, Texas 95 Kenny Smith DL 26 Williams, Tank S 6-2 223 6/30/1980 7 Stanford Bay St. Louis, Miss. 98 Shawn Crable LB
HEAD COACH: BILL BELICHICK ASSISTANTS: Dom Capers, Special Assistant/Secondary; Ivan Fears, Runnin g Backs; Pepper Johnson, Defensive Line; Pete Mangurian, Tight Ends; Josh McDaniels, Offensive Coordinator/QBs; Harold Nash, Assistant Strength and Conditioning; Bill O'Brien, Wide Receivers; Matt Patricia, Linebackers; Dean Pees, Defensive Coordinator; Dante Scarnecchia, Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line; Brad Seely, Special Teams; Mike Woicik, Strength and Conditioning December 2, 2008 # NAME POS HT WT AGE YR COLLEGE HOW ACQ. 3 Stephen Gostkowski K 6-1 210 24 3 Memphis D4b-06 5 Kevin O'Connell QB 6-5 225 23 R San Diego State D3b-08 6 Chris Hanson P 6-2 202 32 10 Marshall FA-07 7 Matt Gutierrez QB 6-4 230 24 2 Idaho State FA-07 10 Jabar Gaffney WR 6-1 200 28 7 Florida FA-06 15 Kelley Washington WR 6-3 215 29 6 Tennessee UFA (CIN)-07 16 Matt Cassel QB 6-4 230 26 4 Southern California D7a-05 18 Matthew Slater WR 6-0 198 23 R UCLA D5-08 21 Deltha O'Neal CB 5-11 194 31 9 California FA-08 23 Jason Webster CB 5-9 187 31 9 Texas A&M UFA (BUF)-08 24 Jonathan Wilhite CB 5-11 185 24 R Auburn D4-08 27 Ellis Hobbs III CB 5-9 195 25 4 Iowa State D3a-05 28 Antwain Spann S 6-0 195 25 3 Louisiana-Lafayette FA-06 29 Lewis Sanders CB 6-1 210 30 9 Maryland FA-08 31 Brandon Meriweather DB 5-11 200 24 2 Miami (Fla.) D1-07 32 LaMont Jordan RB 5-10 230 30 8 Maryland FA-08 33 Kevin Faulk RB 5-8 202 32 10 Louisiana State D2-99 34 Sammy Morris RB 6-0 220 31 9 Texas Tech UFA (MIA)-07 35 Mike Richardson CB 5-11 190 24 2 Notre Dame D6b-07 36 James Sanders S 5-10 210 25 4 Fresno State D4-05 41 Ray Ventrone DB 5-10 200 26 3 Villanova FA-07 42 BenJarvus Green-Ellis RB 5-11 215 23 R Mississippi FA-08 44 Heath Evans RB 6-0 250 29 8 Auburn FA-05 49 Vince Redd LB 6-6 260 23 R Liberty FA-08 50 Mike Vrabel LB 6-4 261 33 12 Ohio State UFA (PIT)-01 51 Jerod Mayo LB 6-1 242 22 R Tennessee D1-08 53 Larry Izzo LB 5-10 228 34 13 Rice UFA (MIA)-01 54 Tedy Bruschi LB 6-1 247 35 13 Arizona D3-96 58 Pierre Woods LB 6-5 250 26 3 Michigan FA-06 59 Gary Guyton LB 6-3 242 23 R Georgia Tech FA-08 61 Stephen Neal G 6-4 305 32 7 Cal State-Bakersfield FA-01 64 Mark LeVoir T 6-7 306 26 2 Notre Dame CW (STL)-08 65 Wesley Britt T 6-8 320 27 3 Alabama FA-06 66 Lonie Paxton LS 6-2 260 30 9 Sacramento State FA-00 67 Dan Koppen C 6-2 296 29 6 Boston College D5-03 70 Logan Mankins G 6-4 310 26 4 Fresno State D1-05 71 Russ Hochstein G/C 6-4 305 31 8 Nebraska FA-02 72 Matt Light T 6-4 305 30 8 Purdue D2-01 74 Billy Yates G 6-2 305 28 5 Texas A&M FA-05 75 Vince Wilfork NT 6-2 325 27 5 Miami (Fla.) D1a-04 77 Nick Kaczur T 6-4 315 29 4 Toledo D3b-05 81 Randy Moss WR 6-4 210 31 11 Marshall TR (OAK)-07 83 Wes Welker WR 5-9 185 27 5 Texas Tech TR (MIA)-07 84 Benjamin Watson TE 6-3 255 27 5 Georgia D1b-04 85 Tyson DeVree TE 6-6 245 24 R Colorado FA-08 86 David Thomas TE 6-3 248 25 3 Texas D3-06 88 Sam Aiken WR 6-2 215 27 6 North Carolina UFA (BUF)-08 90 Le Kevin Smith DL 6-3 308 26 3 Nebraska D6c-06 93 Richard Seymour DL 6-6 310 29 8 Georgia D1-01 94 Ty Warren DL 6-5 300 27 6 Texas A&M D1-03 96 Adalius Thomas LB 6-2 270 31 9 Southern Mississippi UFA (BAL)-07 97 Jarvis Green DL 6-3 285 29 7 Louisiana State D4b-02 99 Mike Wrigh t DL 6-4 295 26 4 Cincinnati FA-05
PRACTICE S QUAD # NAME POS HT WT AGE Y R COLLEGE HOW ACQ. 1 Tom Malone P 6-0 205 24 1 Southern California FA-08 17 Maurice Price WR 6-1 197 23 2 Charleston Southern FA-08 30 Mark Dillard S 5-11 210 22 R Louisiana Tech FA-08 62 Titus Adams DL 6-4 305 25 1 Nebraska FA-08 63 Dan Connolly C 6-4 313 26 3 Southeast Missouri St. FA-08 69 Ryan Wendell G 6-2 275 22 R Fresno State FA-08 92 Darrell Robertson LB 6-4 246 22 R Georgia Tech FA-08
RESERVE/INJURED LIST # NAME POS HT WT AGE Y R INJURY IR DATE 12 Tom Brady QB 6-4 225 31 9 Knee Sept. 9 22 Terrence Wheatley CB 5-9 183 23 R Wrist Nov. 17 26 Tank Williams S 6-2 223 28 7 Knee Aug. 9 37 Rodney Harrison S 6-1 220 35 15 Thigh Oct. 22 39 Laurence Maroney RB 5-11 220 23 3 Shoulder Oct. 20 52 Eric Alexander LB 6-2 240 26 4 Hamstring Nov. 22 68 Ryan O'Callaghan T 6-7 330 25 3 Shoulder Aug. 26 75 Barry Stokes OL 6-4 310 34 11 Back Aug. 15 91 Bo Ruud LB 6-3 235 24 R Ankle Aug. 30 95 Kenny Smith DL 6-4 303 31 6 Arm Aug. 30 98 Shawn Crable LB 6-5 243 23 R Shin Nov. 5 December 2, 2008 DEFENSE (24) # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN DEFENSIVE LINE (6) 97 Green, Jarvis DL 6-3 285 1/12/1979 7 Louisiana State Donaldsonville, La. 93 Seymour, Richard DL 6-6 310 10/6/1979 8 Georgia Gadsden, S.C. 90 Smith, Le Kevin DL 6-3 308 7/21/1982 3 Nebraska Macon, Ga. 94 Warren, Ty DL 6-5 300 2/6/1981 6 Texas A&M Bryan, Texas 75 Wilfork, Vince NT 6-2 325 11/4/1981 5 Miami (Fla.) Boynton Beach, Fla. 99 Wright, Mike DL 6-4 295 3/1/1982 4 Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio LINEBACKER (8) 54 Bruschi, Tedy LB 6-1 247 6/9/1973 13 Arizona Roseville, Calif. 59 Guyton, Gary LB 6-3 242 11/14/1985 R Georgia Tech Hinesville, Ga. 53 Izzo, Larry LB 5-10 228 9/26/1974 13 Rice Houston, Texas 51 Mayo, Jerod LB 6-1 242 2/23/1986 R Tennessee Hampton, Va. 49 Redd, Vince LB 6-6 260 9/1/1985 R Liberty Elizabethton, Tenn. 96 Thomas, Adalius LB 6-2 270 8/18/1977 9 Southern Mississippi Equality, Ala. 50 Vrabel, Mike LB 6-4 261 8/14/1975 12 Ohio State Akron, Ohio 58 Woods, Pierre LB 6-5 250 1/6/1982 3 Michigan Cleveland, Ohio DEFENSIVE BACK (10) 27 Hobbs, Ellis CB 5-9 195 5/16/1983 4 Iowa State DeSoto, Texas 31 Meriweather, Brandon DB 5-11 200 1/14/1984 2 Miami (Fla.) Apopka, Fla. 21 O'Neal, Deltha CB 5-11 194 1/30/1977 9 California Milpitas, Calif. 35 Richardson, Mike CB 5-11 190 2/18/1984 2 Notre Dame Warner Robins, Ga. 36 Sanders, James S 5-10 210 11/11/1983 4 Fresno State Porterville, Calif. 29 Sanders, Lewis CB 6-1 210 6/22/1978 9 Maryland Staten Island, N.Y. 28 Spann, Antwain S 6-0 195 2/22/1983 3 Louisiana-Lafayette Oceanside, Calif. 41 Ventrone, Ray DB 5-10 200 10/21/1982 3 Villanova Pittsburgh, Pa. 23 Webster, Jason CB 5-9 187 9/8/1977 9 Texas A&M Houston, Texas 24 Wilhite, Jonathan CB 5-11 185 2/23/1984 R Auburn Monroe, La. OFFENSE (26) # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN OFFENSIVE LINE (9) 65 Britt, Wesley T 6-8 320 11/21/1981 3 Alabama Cullman, Ala. 61 Neal, Stephen G 6-4 305 10/9/1976 7 Cal State-Bakersfield San Diego, Calif. 71 Hochstein, Russ G/C 6-4 305 10/7/1977 8 Nebraska Hartington, Neb. 77 Kaczur, Nick T 6-4 315 7/28/1979 4 Toledo Brantford, Ontario 67 Koppen, Dan C 6-2 296 9/12/1979 6 Boston College Whitehall, Pa. 64 LeVoir, Mark T 6-7 306 7/29/1982 2 Notre Dame Eden Prairie, Minn. 72 Light, Matt T 6-4 305 6/23/1978 8 Purdue Greenville, Ohio 70 Mankins, Logan G 6-4 310 3/10/1982 4 Fresno State Catheys Valley, Calif. 74 Yates, Billy G 6-2 305 4/15/1980 5 Texas A&M Fort Worth, Texas QUARTERBACK (3) 16 Cassel, Matt QB 6-4 230 5/17/1982 4 Southern California Northridge, Calif. 7 Gutierrez, Matt QB 6-4 230 6/9/1984 2 Idaho State Concord, Calif. 5 O'Connell, Kevin QB 6-5 225 5/25/1985 R San Diego State Carlsbad, Calif. WIDE RECEIVER (6) 88 Aiken, Sam WR 6-2 215 12/14/1980 6 North Carolina Kenansville, N.C. 10 Gaffney, Jabar WR 6-1 200 12/1/1980 7 Florida Jacksonville, Fla. 81 Moss, Randy WR 6-4 210 2/13/1977 11 Marshall Rand, W. Va. 18 Slater, Matthew WR 6-0 198 9/9/1985 R UCLA Anaheim, Calif. 15 Washington, Kelley WR 6-3 215 8/21/1979 6 Tennessee Stephens City, Va. 83 Welker, Wes WR 5-9 185 5/1/1981 5 Texas Tech Oklahoma City, Okla. RUNNING BACK (5) 44 Evans, Heath RB 6-0 250 12/30/1978 8 Auburn West Palm Beach, Fla. 33 Faulk, Kevin RB 5-8 202 6/5/1976 10 Louisiana State Carencro, La. 42 Green-Ellis, BenJarvus RB 5-11 215 7/2/1985 R Mississippi New Orleans, La. 32 Jordan, LaMont RB 5-10 230 11/11/1978 8 Maryland Suitland, Md. 34 Morris, Sammy RB 6-0 220 3/23/1977 9 Texas Tech San Antonio, Texas TIGHT END (3) 46 DeVree, Tyson TE 6-6 245 11/12/1984 R Colorado Hudsonville, Mich. 86 Thomas, David TE 6-3 248 7/5/1983 3 Texas Wolfforth, Texas 84 Watson, Benjamin TE 6-3 255 12/18/1980 5 Georgia Rock Hill, S.C. SPECIALISTS (3) # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN SPECIALISTS (3) 3 Gostkowski, Stephen K 6-1 210 1/28/1984 3 Memphis Madison, Miss. 6 Hanson, Chris P 6-2 202 10/25/1976 10 Marshall Sharpsburg, Ga. 66 Paxton, Lonie LS 6-2 260 3/13/1978 9 Sacramento State Corona, Calif. RESERVE/INJURED (11) # NAME POS HT WT BORN YR COLLEGE H.S. HOMETOWN RESERVE/INJURED (11) 52 Alexander, Eric LB 6-2 240 2/8/1982 4 Louisiana State Port Arthur, Texas 12 Brady, Tom QB 6-4 225 8/3/1977 9 Michigan San Mateo, Calif. 98 Crable, Shawn LB 6-5 243 12/26/1984 R Michigan Massillon, Ohio 37 Harrison, Rodney S 6-1 220 12/15/1972 15 Western Illinois Chicago, Ill. 39 Maroney, Laurence RB 5-11 220 2/5/1985 3 Minnesota St. Louis, Mo. 68 O’Callaghan, Ryan T 6-7 330 7/19/1983 3 California Redding, Calif. 91 Ruud, Bo LB 6-3 235 9/2/1984 R Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 95 Smith, Kenny DL 6-4 303 9/8/1977 6 Alabama Meridian, Miss. 75 Stokes, Barry OL 6-4 310 12/20/1973 11 Eastern Michigan Flint, Mich. 22 Wheatley, Terrence CB 5-9 183 5/5/1985 R Colorado Plano, Texas 26 Williams, Tank S 6-2 223 6/30/1980 7 Stanford Bay St. Louis, Miss. UPDATED: December 2, 2008 WAIVERS (1) / ROOKIE AND FIRST-YEAR YEAR DRAFTEES (23) VETERAN FREE AGENTS (15) TRADES (2) FREE AGENTS (12) 1996 Tedy Bruschi (3)
1997
1998
1999 Kevin Faulk (2)
2000 Lonie Paxton (fa)
2001 Richard Seymour (1) Larry Izzo (fa)(MIA) Stephen Neal (fa) Matt Light (2) Mike Vrabel (3)(PIT)
2002 Jarvis Green (4b) Russ Hochstein (5)(TB)
2003 Ty Warren (1) Dan Koppen (5)
2004 Vince Wilfork (1a) Billy Yates (fa)(MIA) Benjamin Watson (1b)
2005 Logan Mankins (1) Heath Evans (3)(MIA) Wesley Britt (5)(SD) Ellis Hobbs III (3a) Nick Kaczur (3b) James Sanders (4) Matt Cassel (7a)
2006 David Thomas (3) Jabar Gaffney (2)(PHI) Antwain Spann (fa)(NYG) Stephen Gostkowski (4b) Pierre Woods (fa) Le Kevin Smith (6c) Mike Wright (fa)
2007 Brandon Meriweather (1) Chris Hanson (fa)(NO) Randy Moss (1)(tr-OAK) Matt Gutierrez (fa) Mike Richardson (6) Adalius Thomas (6)(BAL) Wes Welker (fa)(tr-MIA) Ray Ventrone (fa)(NYJ) Kelley Washington (3)(CIN) Sammy Morris (5)(MIA)
2008 Jerod Mayo (1) Sam Aiken (4)(BUF) Mark LeVoir (fa)(cw-STL) Tyson DeVree (fa) Kevin O'Connell (3b) LaMont Jordan (2)(OAK) BenJarvus Green-Ellis (fa) Jonathan Wilhite (4) Deltha O'Neal (1)(CIN) RESERVE/INJURED (11) Gary Guyton (fa) Matthew Slater (5) Lewis Sanders (4)(ATL) Eric Alexander (fa)(FA-04) Vince Redd (fa) Jason Webster (2)(BUF) Tom Brady (6b)(D6b-00) Shawn Crable (3a)(D3a-08) Rodney Harrison (5)(SD)(FA-03) Laurence Maroney (1)(D1-06) Ryan O’Callaghan (5)(D5-06) NOTE: Team in parenthesis is the player's prior team Bo Ruud (6)(D6-08) (#) – indicates round drafted Kenny Smith (3)(TB)(FA-08) (fa) – indicates non-drafted free agents Barry Stokes (fa)(DET)(FA-08) Terrence Wheatley (2)(D2-08) Tank Williams (2)(MIN)(FA-08) Unofficial depth chart compiled by Patriots media relations, Dec. 2, 2008 OFFENSE WR: 83 Wes Welke r 88 Sam Aiken 18 Matthew Slater LT: 72 Matt Li ght 65 Wesley Brit t LG: 70 Lo gan Mankins C: 67 Dan Koppen 71 Russ Hochstein RG: 61 Stephen Neal 74 Billy Yate s RT: 77 Nick Kaczu r 64 Mark LeVoir TE: 84 Ben jamin Watson 86 David Thomas 85 Tyson DeVree WR: 81 Randy Moss 10 Jabar Gaffne y 15 Kelley Washin gton QB: 16 Matt Cassel 5 Kevin O'Connell 7 Matt Gutierrez RB: 33 Kevin Faul k 34 Sammy Morris 32 LaMont Jordan 42 BenJarvus Green-Elli s FB: 44 Heath Evans
DEFENSE LE: 94 Ty Warren 90 Le Kevin Smith NT: 75 Vince Wilfor k 99 Mike Wri ght RE: 93 Richard Seymou r 97 Jarvis Green OLB: 50 Mike Vrabel 49 Vince Redd ILB: 51 Jerod Mayo 53 Larry Izzo ILB: 54 Tedy Bruschi 59 Gary Guyton OLB: 58 Pierre Woods 96 Adalius Thomas LCB: 21 Deltha O'Neal 24 Jonathan Wilhit e 23 Jason Webster RCB: 27 Ellis Hobbs 29 Lewis Sanders 35 Mike Richardson SS: 31 Brandon Meriweather 28 Antwain Spann FS: 36 James Sanders 41 Ray Ventrone
SPECIAL TEAMS K: 3 Stephen Gostkowski 6 Chris Hanson P: 6 Chris Hanson 3 Stephen Gostkowski H: 6 Chris Hanson 16 Matt Cassel PR: 33 Kevin Faul k 83 Wes Welke r KR: 27 Ellis Hobbs 18 Matthew Slater LS: 66 Lonie Paxton 71 Russ Hochstein
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Tedy Bruschi BREW-ski Mark LeVoir le-VORE Matt Cassel CASTLE Jerod Mayo je-ROD Stephen Gostkowski gust-OW-ski Deltha O'Neal DELL-thuh Russ Hochstein HOKE-stine Le Kevin Smith Lee-KEE-vin Nick Kaczu r K:-zur Adalius Thomas ah-DAY-lus Dan Koppen COPE-en UPDATED: December 2, 2008
For transactions prior to March 2008, please see p.226 of the Patriots' 2008 Media Guide
MARCH, 2008 AUGUST, 2008 (CONT. ) 3/3/2008 Aiken, Sam Si gned as Unrestricted Free A gent (BUF ) 8/19/2008 DeVree, T yson Si gned as Rookie Free A gen t 3/3/2008 Moss, Rand y Re-Si gned 8/19/2008 Pollard, Marcus Released 3/4/2008 Webster, Jason Si gned as Unrestricted Free A gent (BUF ) 8/21/2008 Fl ynn, Mike Si gned 3/5/2008 Gaffne y, Jabar Re-Si gned 8/21/2008 Jimoh, Ade Released 3/6/2008 Sanders, Lewis Si gned as Veteran Free A gent 8/26/2008 Neal, Ste phen Placed on Reserve/PUP (Shoulder ) 3/6/2008 Williams, Tan k Si gned as Unrestricted Free A gent (MIN ) 8/26/2008 O'Calla ghan, R yan Placed on Reserve/In jured (Shoulder ) 3/11/2008 Ventrone, Ra y Re-Si gned 8/26/2008 Eckel, K yle Released 3/14/2008 Wri ght, Mike Re-Si gned 8/26/2008 Webster, Jason Released 3/20/2008 Br yant, Fernando Si gned as Veteran Free A gent 8/26/2008 Wendell, R yan Released 3/25/2008 Britt, Wesle y Re-Si gned 8/29/2008 Fifita, Steve Released 3/25/2008 Woods, Pierre Re-Si gned 8/29/2008 Martin, Jimm y Released 8/29/2008 Shoate, Jef f Released APRIL, 2008 8/29/2008 Stu par, Jonathan Released 4/7/2008 Hobson, Victo r Si gned as Unrestricted Free A gent (NYJ ) 8/30/2008 Ross, Olive r Placed on Reserve/NFI (Shoulder ) 4/23/2008 Pla yer, Scot t Si gned as Veteran Free A gent 8/30/2008 Ruud, Bo Placed on Reserve/In jured (Ankle ) 4/23/2008 Pollard, Marcus Si gned as Unrestricted Free A gent (SEA ) 8/30/2008 Smith, Kenn y Placed on Reserve/In jured (Arm ) 4/23/2008 Smith, Kenn y Si gned as Veteran Free A gent 8/30/2008 Adams, Titus Released 4/26/2008 Ma yo, Jerod Drafted 8/30/2008 Br yant, Fernando Released 4/26/2008 Wheatle y, Terrence Drafted 8/30/2008 DeVree, T yson Released 4/26/2008 Crable, Shawn Drafted 8/30/2008 Dillard, Mark Released 4/27/2008 O'Connell, Kevin Drafted 8/30/2008 Fl ynn, Mike Released 4/27/2008 Wilhite, Jonathan Drafted 8/30/2008 Green-Ellis, BenJarvus Released 4/27/2008 Slater, Matthew Drafted 8/30/2008 Gutierrez, Matt Released 4/27/2008 Ruud, Bo Drafted 8/30/2008 Hobson, Victo r Released 4/29/2008 Mixon, Tim Waived 8/30/2008 Redd, Vince Released 4/29/2008 Slau ghter, T.J. Waived 8/30/2008 Richardson, Mike Released 8/30/2008 Sene, Ste phen Released MAY, 2008 8/30/2008 S pann, Antwain Released 5/2/2008 Coffman, Josh Si gned as Rookie Free A gen t 8/30/2008 Thomas, Santonio Released 5/2/2008 Dillard, Mark Si gned as Rookie Free A gen t 8/30/2008 Welbourn, John Released 5/2/2008 Feliciano, Carlo s Si gned as Rookie Free A gen t 8/31/2008 Adams, Titus Si gned to Practice S quad 5/2/2008 Green-Ellis, BenJarvus Si gned as Rookie Free A gen t 8/31/2008 Dillard, Mark Si gned to Practice S quad 5/2/2008 Gu yton, Gar y Si gned as Rookie Free A gen t 8/31/2008 Green-Ellis, BenJarvus Si gned to Practice S quad 5/2/2008 Norwell, Chri s Si gned as Rookie Free A gen t 8/31/2008 Redd, Vince Si gned to Practice S quad 5/2/2008 Redd, Vince Si gned as Rookie Free A gen t 8/31/2008 Richardson, Mike Si gned to Practice S quad 5/2/2008 Smith, Henr y Si gned as Rookie Free A gen t 8/31/2008 S pann, Antwain Si gned to Practice S quad 5/2/2008 Stu par, Jonathan Si gned as Rookie Free A gen t 8/31/2008 Jackson, Chad Released 5/2/2008 T yler, Case y Si gned as Rookie Free A gen t 8/31/2008 L ynch, John Released 5/2/2008 Wendell, R yan Si gned as Rookie Free A gen t 5/5/2008 Fifita, Steve Si gned as Veteran Free A gent SEPTEMBER, 2008 5/5/2008 DeVree, T yson Si gned as Rookie Free A gen t 9/1/2008 O'Neal, Deltha Si gned as Veteran Free A gent 5/5/2008 Dra gosavich, Mike Si gned as Rookie Free A gen t 9/1/2008 LeVoir, Mar k Claimed off Waivers (STL ) 5/5/2008 Coffman, Josh Waived 9/1/2008 Pociask, Jason Claimed off Waivers (NYJ ) 5/5/2008 Feliciano, Carlo s Waived 9/1/2008 S pach, Ste phen Released 5/13/2008 Ortiz, Rober t Si gned as First-Year Free A gen t 9/1/2008 Bender, Jacob Si gned to Practice S quad 9/1/2008 DeVree, T yson Si gned to Practice S quad JUNE, 2008 9/4/2008 S pach, Ste phen Re-Si gned 6/2/2008 Ross, Olive r Si gned as Veteran Free A gent 9/4/2008 Pociask, Jason Released 6/5/2008 Dra gosavich, Mike Waived 9/4/2008 Hod ges, Re gg ie Si gned to Practice S quad 6/6/2008 Mruczkowski, Gene Si gned as Veteran Free A gent 9/4/2008 DeVree, T yson Released from Practice S quad 6/11/2008 Alexander, Eric Re-Si gned 9/7/2008 Hod ges, Re gg ie Released from Practice S quad 6/11/2008 DeVree, T yson Waived 9/9/2008 Brad y, Tom Placed on Reserve/In jured (Knee ) 6/11/2008 Smith, Henr y Waived 9/10/2008 Gutierrez, Matt Si gned to Practice S quad 6/11/2008 T yler, Case y Waived 9/10/2008 Malone, Tom Si gned to Practice S quad 6/12/2008 Pla yer, Scot t Released 9/10/2008 Dillard, Mark Released from Practice S quad 6/14/2008 Slater, Matthew Si gned/Draft Choice 9/13/2008 Gutierrez, Matt Si gned to Active Roste r 9/13/2008 Jones, C.J. Released JULY, 2008 9/15/2008 Eckel, K yle Si gned 7/1/2008 Andrews, Willie Released 9/15/2008 S pach, Ste phen Released 7/1/2008 Ruud, Bo Si gned/Draft Choice 9/15/2008 Dillard, Mark Si gned to Practice S quad 7/17/2008 Wilhite, Jonathan Si gned/Draft Choice 9/15/2008 Malone, Tom Released from Practice S quad 7/21/2008 Crable, Shawn Si gned/Draft Choice 9/16/2008 DeVree, T yson Si gned to Practice S quad 7/21/2008 O'Connell, Kevin Si gned/Draft Choice 9/22/2008 Eckel, K yle Released 7/21/2008 Clement, Anthon y Si gned as Veteran Free A gent 9/24/2008 Price, Maurice Si gned 7/21/2008 Dunla p, Chris Si gned as First-Year Free A gen t 9/24/2008 Wendell, R yan Si gned to Practice S quad 7/22/2008 Bauta, Lavdrim Si gned as Rookie Free A gen t 9/24/2008 Dillard, Mark Released from Practice S quad 7/22/2008 Wheatle y, Terrence Si gned/Draft Choice 7/24/2008 Ma yo, Jerod Si gned/Draft Choice OCTOBER, 2008 7/24/2008 Adams, Titus Si gned as First-Year Free A gen t 10/11/2008 Green-Ellis, BenJarvus Si gned to Active Roste r 7/24/2008 Bauta, Lavdrim Released 10/11/2008 Price, Maurice Released 7/26/2008 Jordan, LaMont Si gned as Veteran Free A gent 10/15/2008 Price, Maurice Si gned to Practice S quad 7/26/2008 Bauta, Lavdrim Re-Si gned 10/20/2008 Neal, Ste phen Activated from Reserve/PUP 7/26/2008 Mruczkowski, Gene Retired 10/20/2008 Richardson, Mike Si gned to Active Roste r 7/26/2008 Ortiz, Rober t Released 10/20/2008 Marone y, Laurence Placed on Reserve/In jured (Shoulder ) 7/27/2008 Bauta, Lavdrim Released 10/20/2008 Connoll y, Dan Released 7/27/2008 McMahon, Pete Si gned as First-Year Free A gen t 10/22/2008 S pann, Antwain Si gned to Active Roste r 10/22/2008 Harrison, Rodne y Placed on Reserve/In jured (Thi gh) AUGUST, 2008 10/22/2008 Connoll y, Dan Si gned to Practice S quad 8/2/2008 Stokes, Barr y Si gned as Veteran Free A gent 10/22/2008 Dillard, Mark Si gned to Practice S quad 8/2/2008 Clement, Anthon y Placed on Reserve/In jured (Knee ) 10/28/2008 Ross, Olive r Released 8/4/2008 Welbourn, John Si gned as Veteran Free A gent 8/4/2008 Norwell, Chri s Released NOVEMBER, 2008 8/9/2008 Shoate, Jef f Si gned as Veteran Free A gent 11/5/2008 Webster, Jason Si gned as Veteran Free A gent 8/9/2008 Williams, Tan k Placed on Reserve/In jured (Knee ) 11/5/2008 Crable, Shawn Placed on Reserve/In jured (Shin ) 8/13/2008 Jimoh, Ade Si gned as Veteran Free A gent 11/17/2008 DeVree, T yson Si gned to Active Roste r 8/13/2008 McMahon, Pete Released 11/17/2008 Wheatle y, Terrence Placed on Reserve/In jured (Wrist ) 8/14/2008 Sene, Ste phen Si gned as First-Year Free A gen t 11/17/2008 Robertson, Darrell Si gned to Practice S quad 8/14/2008 Dunla p, Chris Released 11/22/2008 Redd, Vince Si gned to Active Roste r 8/15/2008 L ynch, John Si gned as Veteran Free A gent 11/22/2008 Alexander, Eric Placed on Reserve/In jured (Hamstrin g) 8/15/2008 Stokes, Barr y Placed on Reserve/In jured (Back ) 11/26/2008 Malone, Tom Si gned to Practice S quad GAME NOTES : G AMES 1 & 2
GAME 1: PATRIOTS 17, CHIEFS 10 GAME 2: PATRIOTS 19, JETS 10 September 7, 2008 U Gillette Stadium (Att: 68,756) September 14, 2008 U Giants Stadium (Att: 78,554) 1 2 3 4 Final 1 2 3 4 Final Kansas City Chiefs 0 3 0 7 — 10 New England Patriots 3 3 10 3 — 19 New England Patriots 0 7 7 3 — 17 New York Jets 0 3 0 7 — 10 The Patriots won their 20th consecutive regular-season game, The Patriots began the season with a 2-0 record for the third a 17-10 victory over Kansas City to open the 2008 season. straight season and won their 21st consecutive regular-season Randy Moss had six catches for 116 yards and a touchdown, game, a 19-10 road divisional victory over the New York Jets. while the Patriots totaled 126 rushing yards on 28 carries (4.5 Matt Cassel, in his first career start at quarterback, completed avg.) and quarterback Matt Cassel completed 13-of-18 passes nearly 70 percent of his passes, while Stephen Gostkowski hit all (72.2 percent) and threw for a touchdown in relief of an injured four of his field goal attempts to help the Patriots to victory. New Tom Brady, who sustained a knee injury in the first quarter. England’s defense allowed just 10 points for the second straight week, and a key interception by Brandon Meriweather in the RED ZONE STOP IN FINAL MINUTE third quarter set up a New England touchdown that gave the The Patriots defense clinched the 17-10 win by keeping Kansas Patriots a solid lead. City out of the end zone after the Chiefs had gained a first-and- goal from the 5-yard line with 53 seconds left in the game. The CASSEL WINS FIRST CAREER START Patriots did not allow the Chiefs to even gain a yard. The Matt Cassel made his first career start at quarterback and Patriots forced an incompletion on first down, Richard Seymour completed 16-of-23 passes (69.6 percent) for 165 yards and a and Mike Vrabel combined to stop Larry Johnson for no gain on passer rating of 89.9 in helping the Patriots to a 19-10 divisional second down, and then New England forced two straight Kansas win on the road. New England started the season with a 2-0 City incompletions on third and fourth downs. record for the third straight year and for the fifth time in the CASSEL LEADS 98-YARD DRIVE nine seasons since Bill Belichick became head coach in 2000. In his first drive at quarterback in the first quarter, Matt Cassel directed a 10-play, 98-yard drive that ended in a 10-yard scoring DEFENSE: 20 POINTS THROUGH TWO GAMES strike to Randy Moss and a 7-0 Patriots lead. The drive was the The Patriots allowed the Jets to score 10 points and allowed a longest for the Patriots since Sept. 23, 2007, when they also total of just 20 points through two games (Kansas City also embarked on a 10-play, 98-yard drive against Buffalo at Gillette scored 10 points in a 17-10 Patriots win on Sept. 7). The 20 Stadium. points allowed through the season’s first two games is the lowest total by a Patriots team since Bill Belichick became head MOSS BREAKS 100-YARD MARK IN 1ST QUARTER coach in 2000. The last time the Patriots allowed a total of 20 Randy Moss had 101 yards on four receptions in the first points or fewer in the season’s first two games was in 1997, quarter, marking the third time in his career that he has broken when New England allowed a total of 13 points, beginning the the 100-yard receiving mark in the first quarter. The last time he season with a 41-7 win over San Diego at Foxboro Stadium and achieved the feat was on Oct. 3, 1999, while playing for following that up with a 31-6 win at Indianapolis. Minnesota in a game against Tampa Bay. Last season, Moss had 100 or more receiving yards in a quarter on one occasion—in the GOSTKOWSKI TIES CAREER HIGH second quarter at Miami on Oct. 21, 2007, when he had 104 Stephen Gostkowski nailed all four of his field goals – from 21, yards on three receptions. 37, 28 and 27 yards – improving to a perfect 5-for-5 on the season. He tied his career high for field goals in a game, HOBBS INTERCEPTION matching his 4-for-4 performance against Houston as a rookie Ellis Hobbs intercepted a Damon Huard pass at the Kansas City on Dec. 17, 2006. 41-yard line with 7:21 remaining in the game and the Patriots holding a 14-10 lead. Hobbs pounced on the pass intended for MERIWEATHER’S FIRST CAREER INTERCEPTION Dwayne Bowe and returned the ball to the 38-yard line. The SETS UP TOUCHDOWN interception was the seventh of Hobbs's regular-season career. Brandon Meriweather recorded his first career interception, He also has two career postseason interceptions. Including his picking off a Brett Favre pass at the Jets’ 44-yard line in the third interception against Kansas City, Hobbs had four interceptions in quarter and returning it 13 yards to give the Patriots possession a five-game span—he had one in the 2007 regular season finale at the New York 31-yard line. The play set up a 6-play, 31-yard and added two in three playoff games last season. dive that ended in a 1-yard scoring plunge by Sammy Morris that gave the Patriots a 13-3 lead. Meriweather was selected by the MORRIS SCORES Patriots in the first round (24th overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft Sammy Morris gave the Patriots a 14-3 lead on a 5-yard scoring out of Miami. run with 3:01 left in the third quarter. The touchdown was the 19th of Morris's career (18 rushing, one receiving). Last season, SERIES STREAKS Morris played in six games with two starts and totaled 384 yards ! With their win over the Jets, the Patriots took the lead in the on 85 rushes (4.5 avg.) before being placed on injured reserve all-time series against New York, 49-48-1 (including a 2-0 with a chest injury on Nov. 2, 2007. playoff record). The last time the Patriots were above .500 in their all-time series with New York was in entering the 1967 CASSEL-TO-MOSS season, when they led 7-6-1. Matt Cassel's 51-yard completion to Randy Moss on the final play ! The Patriots defeated the Jets for the eighth consecutive time of the first quarter was the longest completion of his career at on the road. The streak dates back to a 17-16 win at Giants the time, topping his 36-yard completion to Andre Davis in the Stadium on Dec. 2, 2001. 2005 regular-season finale against Miami on Jan. 1, 2006. ! The Patriots have now held the Jets to 17 points or fewer in 10 of their last 11 meetings.
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS GAME NOTES : G AMES 3 & 4
WEEK 3: DOLPHINS 38, PATRIOTS 13 GAME 4: PATRIOTS 30, 49ERS 21 September 21, 2008 U Gillette Stadium (Att: 68,756) October 5, 2008 U Candlestick Park (Att: 67,650) 1 2 3 4 Final 1 2 3 4 Final Miami Dolphins 7 14 7 10 — 38 New England Patriots 7 10 7 6 — 30 New England Patriots 0 6 7 0 — 13 San Francisco 49ers 14 0 0 7 — 21 The Patriots fell to 2-1 on the season, dropping a 38-13 The Patriots improved to 3-1 on the season with a 30-21 win decision to the Miami Dolphins at Gillette Stadium. New on the road against San Francisco. Matt Cassel set career highs England’s 21-game regular-season winning streak was broken as in passing yards and completions, while Randy Moss totaled 111 the Patriots lost in regular season play for the first time since receiving yards, including a 66-yard touchdown grab. Stephen Dec. 10, 2006, when they fell 21-0 at Miami. The Patriots lost at Gostkowski was a perfect three-for-three on field goals, home for the first time since Nov. 12, 2006, snapping a streak of including a crucial 49-yarder that gave the Patriots a two-score 15 straight home victories in the regular season and playoffs. advantage in the fourth quarter. The Patriots defense came up with three interceptions to help halt the San Francisco 2008 PATRIOTS HALL OF FAME INDUCTION momentum, while Kevin Faulk set a career high with two rushing WEEKEND touchdowns. The Patriots concluded the inaugural Patriots Hall of Fame Induction Weekend with a halftime ceremony at the Dolphins CAREER HIGHS FOR CASSEL game. Patriots Hall of Famers honored on the field at halftime Quarterback Matt Cassel set single-game career highs with 259 included: Nick Buoniconti , Gino Cappelletti , Ben Coates , yards, 22 completions and 32 attempts. Prior to the game Steve Grogan , John Hannah , Mike Haynes , Stanley against the 49ers, his previous single-game highs were 168 Morgan , Steve Nelson , Babe Parilli and Andre Tippett . The yards (vs. Miami on Jan. 1, 2006), 19 completions (vs. Miami on late Bob Dee was represented by his son, Bob Dee, Jr., and the Sept. 21, 2008) and 31 attempts (vs. Miami on Sept. 21, 2008). late Jim Lee Hunt was represented by his wife, Rosa Hunt. The weekend’s events included a ribbon-cutting ceremony on FAULK'S GOAL LINE SCORES Thursday Sept. 18 for The Hall at Patriot Place Presented Kevin Faulk scored on a two-yard run to give the Patriots a 17- by Raytheon , and a re-induction of all Patriots Hall of Famers 14 lead with six seconds remaining in the first half and a two- and the enshrinement of 2008 Patriots Hall of Fame inductee yard run on fourth and goal to give the Patriots a 24-14 lead in Ben Coates on Saturday, Sept. 20. the third quarter. It was the first time Faulk has scored two rushing touchdowns in a game and just the third time he has HOBBS SETS PATRIOTS RECORD FOR MOST scored two total touchdowns in a game (vs. Houston, 12/17/06 and at Chicago, 11/10/02). The touchdowns were Faulk's first KICKOFF RETURN YARDAGE IN A GAME two of the season. Faulk’s first touchdown was his first rushing Ellis Hobbs totaled 237 yards on six kickoff returns, setting a score since Dec. 17, 2006, when he had an 11-yard scoring run Patriots record for most kickoff return yardage in a game. Hobbs against the Houston Texans. topped the previous Patriots record of 220 kickoff return yards, set by Kevin Faulk against the New York Jets on Dec. 22, 2002. MOSS GOES FOR 111 Hobbs had long kickoff returns of 81 yards and 50 yards en Randy Moss had five receptions for 111 yards, recording his route to his record against the Dolphins. His 82-yard return in second 100-yard receiving game of the season and the 57th the third quarter set up Matt Cassel’s 5-yard touchdown pass to 100-yard receiving game of his career. Moss’s 57 career 100- Jabar Gaffney. Playing in his 50th career game, Hobbs returned yard receiving games rank third in NFL history, trailing only Jerry the opening kickoff of the game 50 yards to the Miami 49-yard Rice (76) and Marvin Harrison (59). In 2007, Moss had nine 100- line. In his 50-game career, Hobbs has now recorded six kickoff yard receiving games. Moss had four catches for 111 yards in returns of 50 yards or longer and nine kickoff returns of 40 yards the first half against San Francisco. or longer. CASSEL BOMB TO MOSS GAFFNEY SCORES On third and eight from the 49ers' 34-yard line in the first Jabar Gaffney snared a 5-yard touchdown pass from Matt Cassel quarter, Matt Cassel rolled to his right and hit Randy Moss, who on fourth-and-three with 3:20 remaining in the third quarter to had split the defense down the middle, on a 66-yard touchdown, cut the Miami lead to 28-13. The touchdown catch was Gaffney’s tying the score at seven. The catch was Moss’s longest reception first of the season and the 14th of his career. Last season, as a Patriot and his longest reception since Oct. 2, 2005, when Gaffney set a career high with five touchdown receptions. he snared a 79-yard catch while playing for Oakland against the Dallas Cowboys. The touchdown toss was the longest of Matt QUICK HITS Cassel's career, the longest play of the year for the Patriots and ! 2008 Patriots Hall of Fame Inductee Ben Coates served as an the longest since Donté Stallworth's 69-yard touchdown honorary captain at the coin toss. reception against Dallas on Oct. 4, 2007. The touchdown was ! The Dolphins game was the 153rd straight home sellout for Moss’s 126th career scoring reception and his 25th touchdown the Patriots. The streak is now in its 15th season and includes grab since joining the Patriots via trade prior to the 2007 season. every Patriots preseason, regular-season and playoff game Last season, Moss had touchdown receptions of 65 yards (at since the 1994 regular-season opener. N.Y. Giants, 12/29/07) and 63 yards (vs. Pittsburgh, 12/9/07). ! Patriots tackle Matt Light played in his 100th career game. Light, a 2008 offensive captain, was drafted by the Patriots in FIRST WIN IN SAN FRANCISCO the second round (48th overall) of the 2001 NFL Draft. The Patriots’ 30-21 victory over the 49ers was New England’s ! Sam Aiken made his Patriots debut after missing the first two first win in San Francisco. The Patriots had lost in each of their games of the season. Aiken, signed as a free agent from the four previous road matchups with the 49ers. The Washington Buffalo Bills in the offseason, caught his first pass in a New Redskins are now the only NFL team the Patriots have never England uniform in the second quarter, a 9-yard catch on beaten on the road. third-and-two.
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS GAME NOTES : G AMES 5 & 6
GAME 5: CHARGERS 30, PATRIOTS 10 GAME 6: PATRIOTS 41, BRONCOS 7 October 12, 2008 U Qualcomm Stadium (Att: 68,704) October 20, 2008 U Gillette Stadium (Att: 68,756) 1 2 3 4 Final 1 2 3 4 Final New England Patriots 0 3 0 7 — 10 Denver Broncos 0 0 0 7 — 7 San Diego Chargers 10 7 10 3 — 30 New England Patriots 6 14 14 7 — 41
The Patriots saw their 12-game road winning streak snapped in The New England Patriots improved to 4-2 on the season with a 30-10 loss to San Diego at Qualcomm Stadium. The Chargers a 41-7 win over Denver at Gillette Stadium. The Patriots tied took a 10-0 lead in the first quarter and held off New England’s their largest Monday Night Football victory and improved to 15-1 second-half comeback try to snap the Patriots’ 11-game winning since 2003 following a loss. New England’s defense forced five streak in the month of October. The Patriots seemed poised to turnovers and the Patriots offense converted those takeaways cut the deficit to 17-10 after getting the opening kickoff of the into a total of 20 points. The New England rushing attack totaled second half and gaining a first-and-goal on the San Diego 1-yard 257 yards – its highest total in 15 years – and Matt Cassel set a line. But the Chargers came up with a goal-line stand to career high with three touchdown passes, two to Randy Moss. maintain a 17-3 lead and promptly drove the length of the field PATRIOTS RUSHING TOTAL TIES MOST IN A to extend their advantage to 24-3. Two San Diego field goals SINGLE GAME SINCE 1985 extended the lead to 30-3 before a New England touchdown As a team, the Patriots ran for 257 yards on 38 carries (6.8 with 5:18 left in the game made the final score 30-10. avg.), tying the team’s highest single-game rushing total since Dec. 22, 1985, when the Patriots posted 281 yards on 46 carries ROAD STREAK ENDS (6.1 avg.) against the Cincinnati Bengals. New England rushing The loss to San Diego ended the Patriots’ streak of 12 total against Denver matched their Dec. 26, 1993 total of 257 consecutive regular season road victories, dating back to a Dec. yards (on 58 carries) against Indianapolis as the highest since 24, 2006 win against the Jaguars in Jacksonville. The Patriots’ that 1985 game. Against Denver, Sammy Morris led the way 12-game road winning streak is the second-longest road winning with a career-high 138 rushing yards, while rookie BenJarvus streak in NFL history (San Francisco, 18, 1988-90). Three teams Green-Ellis added 65 yards on 13 carries, Kevin Faulk picked up have won 11 straight road games (San Diego 1960-61, San 50 yards on four carries, Heath Evans had three yards on one Francisco 1987-88, Pittsburgh 2004-05). carry and Matt Cassel has one yard on four carries, including three game-ending kneeldowns. WELKER CONSISTENT Wes Welker had nine catches against San Diego, marking the CASSEL’S PASSER RATING RANKS IN FRANCHISE fifth straight game to open the season that Welker has had six TOP 10 or more catches. Welker has 36 receptions in 2008 and is Matt Cassel posted a career-high passer rating of 136.3, averaging 7.2 catches per game this season after averaging completing 18-of-24 passes (75 percent) for 185 yards and three seven catches per game in 2007, his first season with the touchdowns. Cassel’s 136.3 passer rating places among the Patriots. Welker's 112 catches in 2007 tied for the league lead Patriots’ top 10 single-game passer ratings since the 1970 AFL- and set an NFL record for most receptions by a player in his first NFL merger, ranking 10th on that list, just ahead of Drew season with a new team. Bledsoe’s 136.2 rating on Sept. 7, 1997 against Indianapolis. Cassel’s three touchdowns against Denver also set a new career FUMBLE RECOVERY high, and his 75 percent completion rate was also a career best. Ty Warren recovered a fumble by Jacob Hester in the fourth quarter, marking the Patriots’ first defensive fumble recovery of TURNING OVER POINTS the season. The fumble recovery was the sixth of Warren’s The Patriots forced five Denver turnovers and scored 20 points career, and set up an 8-play, 46-yard drive that ended in a 1- off of those turnovers. The five forced turnovers were the most yard touchdown run by Sammy Morris. for the Patriots since also forcing five in a 28-21 win over Detroit on Dec. 3, 2006. New England’s 20 points off turnovers were its MORRIS TOUCHDOWN highest total since scoring 21 points off of four Cleveland Sammy Morris scored on a 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth turnovers in a 34-17 win on Oct. 7, 2007. quarter to make the score 30-10. The touchdown was Morris’s CAREER HIGH FOR MORRIS third rushing score of the season and was the 20th rushing Running back Sammy Morris had a career-high 138 rushing touchdown of his 9-year NFL career. He also has one career yards on 16 carries (8.6 avg.), topping his previous career best receiving touchdown. Morris’s three total touchdowns lead the of 123 yards on 25 carries while playing for the Miami Dolphins team through five games and equal his total of three against the Patriots on Dec. 10, 2006. Morris broke the 100-yard touchdowns in 2007. rushing mark early in the second quarter, totaling exactly 100 yards on his first nine rushes of the game. MORRIS CATCH Sammy Morris gained 28 yards on a pass play in the third CASSEL-TO-MOSS FOR TWO quarter, tying the second longest reception of his career. The Randy Moss caught two touchdown passes from Matt Cassel – a catch trails only his 44-yard reception on Oct. 22, 2006 while he 13-yard strike in the second quarter and a 27-yard score on a was with the Miami Dolphins. Morris’s other 28-yard reception catch-and-run play in the third quarter. Moss’s second score also came that year during the Dolphins' Dec. 10 game against gave the Patriots a 27-0 lead with 7:32 left in the third quarter. the Patriots. Morris’s 28-yard catch against the Chargers set the The two-touchdown performance marked Moss’s first multiple- Patriots up in a first-and-goal from the 1-yard line. touchdown game of the season and his ninth since joining the Patriots via trade prior to the 2007 season. The two-touchdown QUICK HITS game against Denver marked the 30th time in his career that ! The Patriots lost a game in October for the first time since Moss has caught two or more scoring passes in a game. Moss 2005, snapping a streak of 11 straight October wins. Prior to now has 128 career touchdown receptions, a total that ranks falling in San Diego, the Patriots’ last loss in October came on fourth all-time and is two behind Cris Carter’s total of 130 Oct. 16, 2005, a 28-20 loss at Denver. scoring catches.
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS GAME NOTES : G AMES 7 & 8
GAME 7: PATRIOTS 23, RAMS 16 GAME 8: COLTS 18, PATRIOTS 15 October 26, 2008 U Gillette Stadium (Att: 68,756) November 2, 2008 U Lucas Oil Stadium (Att: 66,508) 1 2 3 4 Final 1 2 3 4 Final St. Louis Rams 3 7 3 3 — 16 New England Patriots 0 6 6 3 — 15 New England Patriots 7 6 0 10 — 23 Indianapolis Colts 7 0 8 3 — 18 The Patriots improved to 5-2 on the season with a fourth-quarter The Patriots dropped a tight game on the road to the comeback against St. Louis leading to a 23-16 win. The Patriots Indianapolis Colts, falling 18-15 after a game-winning 52-yard trailed 16-13 with fewer than 10 minutes to go in the game, but field goal by Indianapolis in the fourth quarter that broke a 15- a 41-yard field goal by Stephen Gostkowski tied the score with 15 tie. The Patriots came from behind to tie or take the lead 8:22 remaining and a 15-yard scoring strike from Matt Cassel to twice in the game. After falling behind 7-0, the Patriots rallied to Kevin Faulk provided the game-winning touchdown with 3:13 take a 12-7 lead in the third quarter. The Colts then regained the left. Cassel set a career high with 267 yards, while Randy Moss lead (15-12) with a touchdown, before New England tied the totaled 102 yards on seven catches. The Patriots defense had game at 15 early in the final quarter. Despite the loss, the seven quarterback hits, including four sacks, and Deltha O’Neal’s Patriots outgained the Colts 342-301 and outrushed Indianapolis interception with just more than one minute left helped to seal 140-47. Matt Cassel completed 73.5 percent of his passes (25- the victory for the Patriots. for-34) and the Patriots rushing attack, led by Kevin Faulk and BenJarvus Green-Ellis, averaged 4.4 yards per carry (140 yards PATRIOTS TURN IN FRANCHISE’S FIRST on 32 rushes). PENALTY-FREE PERFORMANCE The Patriots were not flagged for any accepted penalties against WELKER TIES RECORD FOR MOST GAMES WITH St. Louis, marking the first penalty-free game in the franchise’s SIX OR MORE CATCHES TO OPEN SEASON 731-game history. The Patriots have been called for just one On a 10-yard reception in the fourth quarter – his sixth catch of penalty in a game on 13 occasions, most recently on Sept. 10, the game – Wes Welker tied the NFL record for most games with 2006 against Buffalo. New England’s penalty-free performance six or more receptions to begin a season. Welker has had six or was the first in the NFL this season and the first for an NFL team more receptions the Patriots’ first eight games and ties the since Seattle was not flagged for any accepted infractions record established by Jacksonville’s Jimmy Smith in 2001. against Baltimore on Dec. 23, 2007. The Patriots’ penalty-free game was the 50th such performance by an NFL team since the GREEN-ELLIS SCORES FOR THIRD STRAIGHT 1970 AFL-NFL merger. WEEK Rookie running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis gave the Patriots a FAULK’S GAME-WINNING TD CATCH 12-7 lead on a 6-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. The Kevin Faulk hauled in the game-winning touchdown catch, a 15- scoring run was Green-Ellis’s third of the season, the third of his yard reception from Matt Cassel with 3:13 remaining in the career and his third in as many weeks, having also scored game, breaking a 16-16 tie and providing the winning 23-16 against Denver on Oct. 29 and against St. Louis on Oct. 26. margin. Faulk had four catches for 48 yards and a touchdown to Green-Ellis, who was originally signed by the Patriots in the go along with 13 rushes for 60 yards, good for 108 total yards offseason as an undrafted rookie free agent out of Mississippi, from scrimmage on 17 total touches (6.4 avg.). Faulk’s was signed to New England’s active roster on Oct. 11. He has touchdown was his third of the season and his first via reception now scored a touchdown in three of his four professional games. (the other two were scored rushing). QUICK HITS 100-YARD GAME FOR MOSS ! Kelley Washington tackled Colts punt returner Marvin Harrison Randy Moss had 102 yards on seven rushes, marking his third at the Indianapolis 9-yard line in the first quarter after just a 100-yard receiving game of the season, his 12th 100-yard 2-yard punt return, helping the Patriots to net 62 yards on a receiving game as a Patriot and the 58th 100-yard receiving 64-yard Chris Hanson punt. game of his career. Moss’s 58 100-yard receiving games rank ! Kevin Faulk completed a pass to Wes Welker for a 2-yard loss third in NFL history, trailing only Jerry Rice (76) and Marvin in the second quarter. The completion was the second of Harrison (59). Faulk’s career, and came on his fourth career passing attempt (and his first since 2003). Faulk’s only career completion prior CASSEL LEADS FIRST CAREER FOURTH-QUARTER to the Colts game came on a 23-yard completion to Tom COMEBACK Brady in 2001. Matt Cassel led his first career fourth-quarter comeback, helping ! The Patriots outgained the Colts in total yardage, 342-301. to rally the Patriots to a 23-16 win after facing a 16-13 fourth- ! Jerod Mayo, the NFL’s defensive rookie of the month for quarter deficit. After the Rams took the lead, 16-13, on a 25- October, led the Patriots with 11 tackles (8 solo). yard field goal with 12:25 left, Cassel directed a 6-play, 28-yard drive that led the Patriots into field goal range as Stephen FAULK BREAKS 3,000-YARD RECEIVNG MARK Gostkowski tied the score at 16 on a 41-yard boot. After a three- On an 11-yard reception in the second quarter, Kevin Faulk and-out by the New England defense, Cassel and the Patriots recorded his 3,000th receiving yard, becoming the 14th player in offense drove 53 yards on seven plays to take a 23-16 lead on a Patriots history to break the 3,000 receiving yard mark. 15-yard scoring strike from Cassel to Kevin Faulk. A Deltha Following his 11-yard catch against the Colts, Faulk had 3,003 O’Neal interception ended the Rams’ next drive, and by the time career receiving yards – a total that ranks 14th in team history. St. Louis got the ball back with five seconds left in the game, the New England defense only needed one stop to preserve the win. PENALTY-FREE STREAK BROKEN The Patriots were called for a false start penalty in the third FIRST-TIME VISITORS quarter, breaking a streak of seven penalty-free quarters. Prior The Rams made their first visit to Gillette Stadium, and the to the third-quarter false start, the last time the Patriots were Patriots improved to 24-4 against first-time visitors to the venue. penalized was in the third quarter against Denver on Oct. 20. On The Patriots have won 20 of their last 21 games against teams Oct. 26 against St. Louis, the Patriots played the first penalty- making their first visit. The only teams the Patriots have not free game in franchise history. played at Gillette Stadium are Arizona, Atlanta and Carolina.
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS GAME NOTES : G AMES 9 & 10
GAME 9: PATRIOTS 20, BILLS 10 GAME 10: JETS 34, PATRIOTS 31 (OT) November 9, 2008 U Gillette Stadium (Att: 68,756) November 13, 2008 U Gillette Stadium (Att: 68,756) 1 2 3 4 Final 1 2 3 4 OT Final Buffalo Bills 0 3 0 7 — 10 New York Jets 10 14 0 7 3 — 34 New England Patriots 7 3 3 7 — 20 New England Patriots 3 10 8 10 0 — 31 The Patriots improved to 6-3 with a 20-10 victory over division The Patriots lost an overtime game for the first time since rival Buffalo. New England outgained Buffalo 370-168 and 2000, falling to the Jets, 34-31. New England came all the way controlled the ball for 37:40 en route to the win. Matt Cassel back from a 24-6 second-quarter deficit to force overtime on a completed 23-of-34 passes (67.6 percent) for 234 yards, with 10 16-yard touchdown pass from Matt Cassel to Randy Moss with receptions going to Wes Welker, who totaled a season-high 107 one second left in regulation to tie the game at 31. The Patriots’ receiving yards. BenJarvus Green-Ellis had 105 rushing yards 511 total net yards in the game were the franchise’s highest and a touchdown to pace the Patriots’ running game. On single-game total since gaining a franchise-record 579 total net defense, Ellis Hobbs and Deltha O’Neal each had interceptions, yards on Sept. 9, 1979. while Richard Seymour and Ty Warren each had sacks as the Patriots allowed just 168 total net yards – the fewest in nearly CASSEL PASSES FOR 400 YARDS two years, dating back to a 120-yard game on Nov. 19, 2006. Matt Cassel totaled 400 yards on 30-for-51 passing, recording the ninth 400-yard passing game in Patriots history and the first WELKER SETS NFL RECORD since Tom Brady had 410 passing yards on Sept. 22, 2002 in an On a 12-yard reception in the third quarter – his sixth catch of overtime win over Kansas City. the day – Wes Welker became the first player in NFL history to CASSEL SETS CAREER HIGHS have six or more receptions in each of the first nine games of a Matt Cassel set single-game career highs for passing yards season. Welker topped the previous league record of eight (400), passing attempts (51), pass completions (30) and rushing games, achieved by Jacksonville’s Jimmy Smith in 2001. Dating yards (62). He also tied his career best with three touchdown back to last season (and including the playoffs), Welker has had passes. Cassel’s 51 attempts were the most for a Patriots player six or more receptions in 13 straight games. The NFL record for since Tom Brady attempted 54 passes against Philadelphia on most consecutive games with six or more receptions is 16, Nov. 25, 2007. His 30 completions were the most by a New achieved by Marvin Harrison of the Colts from 2002-03. England player since Brady had 32 completions against the New GREEN-ELLIS TOPS 100 RUSHING YARDS York Giants on Dec. 29, 2007. Rookie running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis topped the 100-yard TWO-MINUTE DRILLS rushing mark, totaling 26 rushes for 105 yards and a touchdown. Matt Cassel led clutch two-minute drills at the end of each half, The touchdown was his fourth of the season and his fourth in as as the Patriots scored key touchdowns with 15 seconds left in many weeks. Since being signed to the Patriots active roster on the first half and one second left in the second half. Oct. 11, Green-Ellis has scored touchdowns in four of five ! The first-half two-minute drill covered 68 yards in 10 plays games, becoming the first Patriots rookie to score touchdowns in over 1:29, ending in a 19-yard touchdown pass to Jabar as many as four of his first five career games since running back Gaffney that cut the Jets lead to 24-13 with 15 seconds left in Robert Edwards scored in each of his first six career games in the first half. The Patriots got the ball, down 24-6, on their 1998. The 100-yard game was the first of Green-Ellis’s five-game own 32-yard line with 1:44 left in the first half. Cassel NFL career. completed 4-of-8 passes for 47 yards on the drive and ran PATRIOTS TIE MOST PLAYS IN A SINGLE DRIVE twice for 21 yards (including a career-long 19-yard scamper). ! IN TEAM HISTORY The second-half two-minute drill covered 62 yards in eight plays over 1:03, ending in a 16-yard touchdown pass to The Patriots tied the longest drive in team history (in terms of Randy Moss in the side of the end zone. The extra point number of plays) when they embarked on a 19-play, 92-yard following that touchdown tied the score at 31 and sent the drive in the fourth quarter, chewing up 9:08 of clock time and game into overtime. Cassel completed 6-of-8 passes on the protecting what was then a 13-3 lead. The drive ended in a 1- drive for 67 yards (the two incompletions were spikes to stop yard touchdown by BenJarvus Green-Ellis that made the score the clock). 20-3. The 19-play drive against Buffalo tied a 19-play drive against the New York Jets on Sept. 15, 2002 as the longest drive OVERTIME STREAK SNAPPED in team history in terms of number of plays. Prior to the 34-31 defeat to the Jets, the Patriots had won an NFL-record eight straight overtime games (including playoffs). PATRIOTS BEAT BILLS FOR 10th STRAIGHT TIME The streak dated back to 2000. The last time the Patriots lost an The Patriots beat the Bills for the 10th consecutive time, overtime game was on Nov. 5, 2000, when the Buffalo Bills won extending a streak that dates back to 2003. The last time the 16-13 at Foxboro Stadium. Before falling to the Jets, the Patriots’ Bills beat the Patriots was on Sept. 7, 2003. New England’s 10 last overtime game was on Nov. 23, 2003 at Houston, and New straight wins over the Bills ties the longest current winning England claimed a 23-20 win. The overtime game against the streak by one NFL team over another (San Diego has beaten Jets was the third in Gillette Stadium history, with the others Oakland 10 straight times and Pittsburgh has defeated Cleveland being a 41-38 win over Kansas City on Sept. 22, 2002 and a 27- 10 straight times). The 10 straight wins over Buffalo ties the 24 win over Miami on Dec. 29, 2002. second longest streak over an opponent (they also beat San Diego 10 straight times from 1973-2001). The Patriots franchise MOSS SCORES record for most wins over a single opponent is 11, achieved Randy Moss caught a 16-yard touchdown pass from Matt Cassel against the Bills from 1983-87. with one second left in the fourth quarter. The ensuing extra point tied the game at 31 and sent the contest into overtime. CASSEL SCORES SECOND CAREER TOUCHDOWN The touchdown catch was Moss’s team-high fifth of the season. Matt Cassel gave the Patriots a 7-0 lead on a 13-yard touchdown Since joining the Patriots prior to the 2007 season, Moss has run in the first quarter to cap off a 7-play, 71-yard drive on the made 28 touchdown receptions – the most in the NFL over that Patriots’ first offensive possession of the game. The touchdown span (Terrell Owens, 21). The touchdown was the 129th of was the second of Cassel’s career – he also scored on a 15-yard Moss’s career, a total that ranks fourth on the NFL’s all-time list run against Washington on Oct. 28, 2007. and is just one shy of third place (Cris Carter, 130).
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS GAME NOTES : G AME 11
PATRIOTS 48, DOLPHINS 28 FAULK JOINS CLUB OF 2,000-YARD RUSHERS AND November 23, 2008 U Dolphin Stadium (Att: 67,146) 3,000-YARD RECEIVERS THIS DECADE 1 2 3 4 Final On his second reception of the day – a 6-yard catch on the New England Patriots 3 14 14 17 — 48 Patriots’ opening drive – Kevin Faulk joined an exclusive club of Miami Dolphins 7 7 7 7 — 28 players who have totaled at least 2,000 rushing yards and at least 3,000 receiving yards this decade. Following that catch, The Patriots improved to 7-4 with a key road divisional victory Faulk had totaled 2,717 rushing yards and 3,004 receiving yards over the Dolphins. Miami took a 21-17 lead early in the second since 2000. The only other NFL players to have at least 2,000 half, but the Patriots outscored them 31-7 the rest of the way to rushing yards and at least 3,000 receiving yards in the 2000s are cruise to the win. The New England offense had a historic Tiki Barber, Marshall Faulk, LaDainian Tomlinson, Brian afternoon, piling up 530 total net yards as quarterback Matt Westbrook and Michael Pittman. Cassel had 400 passing yards for the second straight week. Randy Moss had eight catches for 125 yards and three KEVIN FAULK TOTALS 105 SCRIMMAGE YARDS touchdowns, while Wes Welker added eight grabs for 120 yards. AND A TOUCHDOWN Kevin Faulk had a 21-yard touchdown run on the final play of PATRIOTS HAVE SECOND HIGHEST NET YARDAGE the third quarter to give the Patriots a 31-21 lead. Faulk totaled OUTPUT IN TEAM HISTORY 105 yards from scrimmage in the game (53 rush, 52 rec.). The Patriots totaled 530 net yards of offense in their 48-28 win over Miami, recording the second highest offensive yardage MOSS CATCHES THREE TOUCHDOWN PASSES, output in team history and the most since gaining a team-record MOVING INTO 3RD PLACE ON ALL-TIME LIST 597 total net yards against the New York Jets on Sept. 9, 1979. Randy Moss caught three touchdown passes -- a 25-yard touchdown pass from Matt Cassel in the second quarter to give CASSEL BECOMES FIFTH PLAYER TO HAVE BACK- the Patriots a 17-14 lead, an 8-yard scoring grab in the third TO-BACK 400-YARD PASSING GAMES quarter to give the Patriots a 24-21 lead and a 29-yard scoring Matt Cassel threw for a career-high 415 yards against the pass in the fourth quarter to give the Patriots 38-28. The catches Dolphins, marking the fifth time in NFL history a quarterback has marked his 130th, 131st and 132nd career touchdown totaled 400 or more passing yards in back-to-back games. Cassel receptions, tying and then moving past Cris Carter for third place threw for 400 yards against the New York Jets on Nov. 13. on the NFL’s all-time touchdown receptions list. Cassel is the first player to achieve the feat since Tennessee’s MOSS HAS FIFTH CAREER THREE-PLUS TD GAME Billy Volek did it in 2004 (426 yards on 12/13/04 and 492 yards Randy Moss had three touchdown catches, marking the fifth on 12/19/04). In addition to Volek, the other NFL passers to time in his career he has had three or more touchdowns in a have achieved the feat are San Diego’s Dan Fouts in 1982 (444 game. It marked the second time Moss has had three or more yards on 12/11/82 and 435 yards on 12/20/82), Miami’s Dan touchdown receptions as a Patriot, joining his four-touchdown Marino in 1984 (470 yards on 12/2/84 and 404 yards on catch performance at Buffalo on Nov. 18, 2007. Moss’s three 12/9/84) and the New York Giants’ Phil Simms in 1985 (432 scoring catches tie the second highest single-game total in team yards on 10/6/85 and 513 yards on 10/13/85). history, trailing only his franchise-record four touchdown catches against Buffalo (11/18/07). CASSEL BECOMES SECOND PATRIOTS PLAYER TO PASS FOR 400 YARDS TWICE MOSS HAS 100-YARD RECEIVING GAME Matt Cassel joined Drew Bledsoe as the only Patriots Randy Moss had 125 yards on eight catches, marking his fourth quarterbacks to pass for 400 yards or more in two or more 100-yard receiving game of the season, his 13th 100-yard games. Cassel has two career 400-yard passing games (against receiving game as a Patriot and the 59th 100-yard receiving the Jets on Nov. 13 and against the Dolphins on Nov. 23). game of his career. Moss’s 59 100-yard receiving games are tied Bledsoe had four 400-yard passing games with the Patriots (two for second in NFL history with Marvin Harrison, trailing only Jerry in 1994, one in 1996 and one in 1998). The other Patriots Rice’s NFL-record 76 100-yard receiving games. players to achieve the feat are Tom Brady (1), Tony Eason (1), Steve Grogan (1) and Tom Ramsey (1). WELKER HAS THIRD STRAIGHT 100-YARD RECEIVING GAME CASSEL’S 415 PASSING YARDS ARE FIFTH-MOST Wes Welker totaled 120 yards on eight receptions, setting a IN TEAM HISTORY season-high for receiving yards and marking his third Matt Cassel’s 415 passing yards against the Dolphins are the consecutive game with 100 or more receiving yards. He also fifth-highest single-game total in team history, trailing only four caught a career-long 64-yard pass in the third quarter. Welker performances by Drew Bledsoe. Cassel’s 415 yards trail only had totaled four 100-yard receiving games in 71 career games Bledsoe’s franchise-record 426 passing yards against Minnesota prior to his current streak of three straight 100-yard games. on Nov. 13, 1994, in addition to Bledsoe’s totals of 423 yards Welker now has a total of seven career 100-yard receiving (11/23/98), 421 yards (9/4/94) and 419 yards (11/3/96). games – four in 2007 and three so far in 2008. The team record Cassel’s 415 passing yards against the Dolphins are the most for for most consecutive 100-yard receiving games is four, achieved a Patriots player in exactly 10 years , dating back to Bledsoe’s by Randy Moss in 2007 and Stanley Morgan from 1985-86. 423 yard performance against the Dolphins on Nov. 23, 1998. GOSTKOWSKI SETS CAREER HIGH FOR TOUCHBACKS MERIWEATHER HAS FOURTH INTERCEPTION OF Stephen Gostkowski boomed a second-quarter kickoff out of the SEASON back of the end zone for a touchback. The touchback was his Brandon Meriweather intercepted a Chad Pennington pass in the career-best 16th of the season, topping his previous career high fourth quarter, snaring his team-leading fourth interception of of 15 touchbacks, set in 2007. According to STATS LLC, the season. Deltha O’Neal ranks second on the team with three Gostkowski’s 16 touchbacks this season are the most by a interceptions. Meriweather’s interception was also the fourth of Patriots player since their single-season touchbacks records his career since being selected by the Patriots in the first round begin in 1991. of the 2007 NFL Draft.
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS COACH BELICHICK ON…
Coach Belichick on Sam Aiken, Nov. 9 Coach Belichick on Gary Guyton, Nov. 4 He is very good on coverage. He is very physical. He is a strong He kind of has a little bit of everything but I don’t know if he is kid for a receiver. He is very strong, powerful and a hard guy to the prototype in terms of size, speed and all of that for any of match up with. If you get a guy as fast as him, he is probably [the linebacker] positions. But he seems to do well enough to not going to be as strong and if you get a guy as fast as him, he play elements of all of them. He was one of the fastest players is probably not going to be as strong. So, he is a tough match at the combine at his position. His ability to run I think is evident up in the kicking game from a coverage standpoint and a and that shows up in the kicking game. We saw that early in the blocking standpoint. Again he is a guy that can block a fast guy Baltimore game when he ran a return route out of bounds down and he can block a bigger guy, like a linebacker, and there are there on the goal line for a long return. He has been on the field not a lot of receivers that you can say that about. everyday. He just keeps getting better and working hard. He has some things going for him and the biggest thing is he is taking Coach Belichick on Matt Cassel, Oct. 27 advantage of his play opportunity. I think Matt is really progressing in all areas - his decision- making, his reads in coverages [and] his pocket presence. Not Coach Belichick on Logan Mankins, Nov. 26 that we are cutting anything back but we are building offensively I would say Logan is one of our most consistent players on and as any team would in the seventh week of the regular season off the field. He is really pretty much the same guy every day. It relative to the first week of the season, relative to the 14th week is like time standing still. He has played that one spot. We have of the season. You build things not just with your quarterback never really moved him. He has played well. I am not saying but with your entire offensive, or defensive, or special teams that he hasn’t improved, he has improved. He has played that unit. You add plays, you add wrinkles, you do complimentary same spot and he has played it pretty well. He has the same things and so that has been a part of it too. I think Matt’s personality whether he was a rookie or whether he is a veteran improved in a lot of areas in his game. As have a lot of other player, one of the more experienced players now on our team. players as they have played more. His pocket presence, his He is pretty consistent decision making, reading the coverages, going to secondary receivers, reminding guys offensively about their splits or their Coach Belichick on Jerod Mayo, Nov. 9 depths - just part of the overall operation of offense is better Jerod is a good football player. He has made a lot of plays, a lot than it was two months ago. of tackles for us. He is around the ball a lot but it has been like that all year, it really has even in preseason games and in Coach Belichick on Kevin Faulk, Oct. 26 training camp. He has a nose for the ball and he is quick, fast Kevin is a good football player and you are right he has made a and plays strong. He is a strong tackler. He has been doing it lot of plays since I have been here and before. He has been a pretty regularly. He is a hard working kid, I know he puts a lot very dependable and consistent player. It seems like you can into it and that’s the kind of kid you are happy to see have always count on Kevin no matter what phase of the game it is success because I think he really deserves it – as hard as he in. Whether it is returning kicks, blocking, pass protection, works and as much as he puts into it. catching, running, two point plays [or] being on the goal line. He is a clutch player and he is a good player. He does a lot of things Coach Belichick on Brandon Meriweather, Oct. 22 well and I think he is a guy that we all have a lot of confidence I think his awareness, his preparation, his overall decision in around here – coaches, players, quarterbacks, the whole making and recognition of what is going on and the football team. He comes to work everyday. He is one of the best quarterbacks and their tendencies, all of those things have team players we have. He is all about our football team improved significantly and he works hard at it. Brandon works whatever he can do to help us win he’d do – mop the floors, hard at the preparation and I think that has paid off. Even he’d mop them. Like Troy Brown, you just can’t say enough though teams run the same patterns, who is running them and about a guy like Kevin Faulk. who is throwing them is different. So sometimes you want to Coach Belichick on Stephen Gostkowski, Oct. 6 play them differently. The plays he has made on the deep ball Steve’s been kicking the ball very well in all situations – kickoffs this season, he has been really productive back there. and all the field goal and extra point situations. Not only is he hitting them straight, but with good elevation, get-off time and Coach Belichick on James Sanders, Oct. 22 good hang time on the kickoff. I think he’s really done a good James has come a long way as a player. He improved as a job in every opportunity he’s had here in the past four games. rookie but I think he dramatically improved after his second year He’s been outstanding – he really has. after the Denver game [on Sept. 24, 2006] in his communication and his understanding of the passing game. I think when he Coach Belichick on BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Oct. 29 came into the league he was a real good special teams player, I think he has gained everybody’s confidence through his real good physical player, real good tackler, real good in the preseason play and his hard work. Anytime a guy doesn’t get a running game. I think he has really developed in the passing lot of snaps then you put him in there and he does well on those game - coverages, techniques, understand coverages, how to few opportunities, you really respect that because of the 100 organize the coverages in the secondary. plays that could be called you pick out four or five and if he knows those with not too many repetitions than that gives you Coach Belichick on Mike Vrabel, Oct. 8 confidence that he is studying, that he is on top of it. I think Ben Mike’s one of our most consistent, versatile players. We ask him did that a lot in the preseason games where he didn’t get a lot to do a lot of things, defensively, and also goal-line stuff on of plays in practice but whether it is blitz pickup or routes, or offense, things like that. Mike’s very smart. He’s one of the best reads in the running game he showed that he could pick things prepared, smartest players I’ve ever coached. He can do a lot of up quickly and that led to his eventual promotion from the things in regular defense, sub defenses. He can rush the passer, practice squad to the roster and opportunity to play and he has play in coverage. He has a lot of different responsibilities. He done that when he has been in the game. He still has a lot to kind of thrives when we’re changing things up and he’s doing learn, he is a young kid but he is tough and has done a good job different things and playing in different spots and we move him in the opportunities that he’s had and that is a real credit to him around. We ask him to do that a lot because he does a good job. because he pays attention, he is up on all the little things and when something comes up most of the time he’s pretty on top of it for the amount of reps he has had.
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS PATRIOTS FOOTBALL NETWORK
The Patriots Football Network (PFN) is the full portfolio of media offerings from the three-time Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots. PFN provides Patriots content produced both in-house and with media partners spanning print, television, radio and the Internet.
PATRIOTS ALL ACCESS atriots All Access, winner of the 2007 New England Emmy Award for Best Sports Series, airs weekly throughout the season on WCVB-TV and a network of regional affiliates. Patriots All Access features exclusive, behind-the-scenes Paccess and in-depth weekly features on Patriots players and personnel. Hosted by WCVB’s Mike Lynch, the show features weekly sit-downs with Coach Bill Belichick including the popular “Belestrator” segment where the coach breaks down upcoming opponents. Saturdays at 7:00 p.m and Sundays at 10:00 a.m. on WCVB-TV Channel 5 in Boston Sundays at 10:00 a.m. on WNAC-TV in Providence ; Saturdays at 12:05 a.m. on WMUR-TV in Manchester, N.H. Saturdays at 5:00 a.m. on WMTW-TV in Portland, Maine ; Saturdays at 5:00 p.m. on WCTX-TV in Hartford, Conn. Saturdays at 7:00 p.m. on WFXQ-TV in Springfield, Mass. ; Sundays at 11:00 a.m. on WVII-TV in Bangor, Maine
TOTALLY PATRIOTS otally Patriots, a youth-oriented football show, airs each Sunday morning on WCVB, Channel 5 in Boston and a network of regional affiliates. The show, is geared towards young fans and includes a health and Tfitness segment as well as a weekly football tips feature with Hall of Fame linebacker Andre Tippett and a current Patriots player. Other features and segments emphasize the importance of an active lifestyle and let young football players hear directly from the pros. Check your local listings for other times and locations. Sundays at 11:00 a.m. on WCVB-TV Channel 5 ; Saturdays at 12:30 p.m. on WNAC-TV in Providence Saturdays at 6:30 a.m. on WCTX-TV in Hartford, Conn. ; Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. on WFXQ-TV in Springfield, Mass. ;
PATRIOTS TODAY AND PATRIOTS THIS WEEK WBCN PATRIOTS ROCK RADIO NETWORK PATRIOTS TODAY: Available daily at Patriots.com For the 14th consecutive season, WBCN is proud to be the PATRIOTS THIS WEEK: Saturdays at 10:30 p.m. on WSBK flagship station for the Patriots Rock Radio Network. Every Channel 38 Patriots game was heard on WBCN (104.1 FM) and its network Patriots Today gives fans a daily, in-depth look at the club that is of 36 stations throughout all six New England states. WBCN’s unmatched by any other outlet. The show is hosted by Kristina pregame and postgame shows can be heard before and after Akra with daily reports from Brian Lowe. This daily Webcast is each game, beginning three hours before kickoff. dedicated exclusively to the Patriots and provides daily features, reports and commentary that will satisfy every fan’s daily FLAGSHIP STATION Patriots fix. Every Saturday night during the season on Channel WBCN 38, Kristina Akra will bring you Patriots This Week , providing a Boston U 104.1 FM thorough recap of each week’s developments. MASSACHUSETTS NEW HAMPSHIRE PATRIOTS.COM WAQY Springfield 102.1 FM WTPL Concord 107.7 FM WBEC Pittsfield 1420 AM WSAK Hampton 102.1 FM NEWS WEIM Fitchburg 1280 AM WWHQ Laconia 101.5 FM Patriots.com features daily updates and exclusive content from WNAW N. Adams 1230 AM WWBK Keene the writers of Patriots Football Weekly , offering everything from WBSM New Bedford 1420 AM 1220AM/103.1 FM breaking news to player features and the popular “Ask PFW” WPVQ Greenfield 95.3 FM WGAM Nashua 900 AM postings. WSAR Fall River 1480 AM WPKQ N. Conway 103.7 FM VIDEO WSBS Gt. Barrington 860 AM WGHM Manchester 1250 AM The first professional sports team website to offer streaming WWFX Worcester 100.1 FM WSHK Portsmouth 105.3 FM WXTK Hyannis 95.1 FM video provides Patriots fans with a variety of exclusive video RHODE ISLAND content. Visitors can choose their channel and watch exclusive WPRO Providence 630 AM video from news to cheerleaders. Patriots.com also features MAINE WEAN Providence 99.7 FM video of every Patriots press conference, including postgame WEBB Augusta 98.5 FM press conferences and Coach Belichick’s weekday media WWMJ Bangor 97.7 FM updates. WBLM Portland 102.9 FM VERMONT AUDIO WEGP Presque Isle 1390 AM WBTN Bennington 1370 AM WORK Barre 107.1 FM “PFW In Progress,” available exclusively on Patriots.com, is a CONNECTICUT WKVT Brattleboro 92.7 FM weekly online program that features candid commentary from WCCC Hartford 106.9 FM WXZO Burlington 96.7 FM the writers of Patriots Football Weekly . Patriots.com also offers WXLM New London 104.7 FM WIKE Newport 1490 AM podcasts and streaming audio of every press conference. WINY Putnam 1350 AM WEXP Rutland 101.5 FM WSTJ St Johnsbury 1340 AM NEW YORK WMXR Woodstock 93.9 FM PATRIOTS FRIDAY ON WEEI WEAV Plattsburgh 960 AM Sports Radio WEEI has the exclusive rights to broadcast “Patriots Friday” from Gillette Stadium each week during the season. PATRIOTS MONDAY ON WEEI WEEI programming from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. will feature Sports Radio WEEI has the exclusive rights to broadcast “Patriots exclusive Patriots player interviews previewing the upcoming Monday” from Gillette Stadium every week during the season. game. The daylong programming lineup offers fans unique access from Bill Belichick, Matt Cassel and other star players.
2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK PATRIOTS REGULAR SEASON RECORD WHEN …
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 20002001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total WLWLWLWLWLWLWLWLWLWLWLWLWLWLWLWL Overall Record 10 6 6 10 11 5 10 6 9 7 8 8 5 11 11 5 9 7 14 2 14 2 10 6 12 4 16 0 7 5 152 84 Home 5 3 3 5 6 2 6 2 6 2 5 3 3 5 6 2 5 3 8 0 8 0 5 3 5 3 8 0 4 3 83 36 Away 5 3 3 5 5 3 4 4 3 5 3 5 2 6 5 3 4 4 6 2 6 2 5 3 7 1 8 0 3 2 69 48 0 0 By Month 0 0 Augus t 000000100000000000000000000000 10 September 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 0 2 1 3 0 0 4 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 0 2 1 2 1 3 0 2 1 30 19 October 1 3 1 4 3 1 1 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 0 3 4 0 4 1 2 2 4 0 5 0 3 1 37 26 November 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 2 3 2 0 3 1 3 3 1 4 1 4 0 4 0 2 2 2 2 3 0 2 3 40 22 December 4 0 1 3 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 4 0 2 2 4 0 3 1 4 0 4 1 5 0 41 16 Januar y 0000000000100010000010010000 31 0 0 vs. AFC 6 6 6 6 9 3 9 3 7 5 5 7 5 7 8 4 6 6 11 1 10 2 7 5 8 4 12 0 5 5 114 64 Eas t 4453627144262662425151514260326837 Central 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 11 5 Wes t 1102111111112011131010130110211516 North 10103110104001112 South 01401001311001 94 0 0 vs. NFC 4004221322310431313140314040203820 East 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 12 4 Central 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 7 Wes t 000400002200003100004000000020117 North 310000004000 71 South 000000310000 31 0 0 Playing Conditions 0 0 On Grass 6 5 4 7 8 3 8 4 6 4 7 5 4 9 8 5 6 7 12 1 11 2 7 6 5 4 1 0 2 1 95 63 On Artificial Tur f 41233222331312303021303070150545721 Outdoors 8 6 6 8 10 5 9 5 7 6 8 7 5 9 9 5 8 7 12 2 13 2 9 6 11 4 15 0 7 5 137 77 Indoors 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 15 7 0 0 Win Opening Coin Toss 7 2 3 6 8 4 5 2 3 2 6 5 4 4 5 2 6 5 5 0 7 1 4 4 7 3 7 0 6 0 83 40 Lose Opening Coin Toss 3 4 3 4 3 1 5 4 6 5 2 3 1 7 6 3 3 2 9 2 7 1 6 2 5 1 9 0 1 5 69 44 Win OT Coin Toss 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 Lose OT Coin Toss 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 4 0 0 Scoring Firs t 5 3 4 5 8 3 8 1 7 0 4 3 5 4 9 4 6 3 9 1 13 2 7 2 9 1 13 0 5 1 112 33 Opponent Scores First 5 3 2 5 3 2 2 5 2 7 4 5 0 7 2 1 3 4 5 1 1 0 3 4 3 3 3 0 2 4 40 51 Leading at the Hal f 3 2 2 2 8 1 9 2 6 1 4 2 2 3 10 1 6 0 9 0 10 1 6 0 11 0 13 0 7 0 106 15 Tied at the Hal f 3020110010123202112030010010011810 Trailing at the Hal f 4428231426340612263211451420042859 0 0 Leading After 3 Qtrs 7 1 3 0 9 0 9 2 6 1 7 1 2 3 10 0 6 0 11 0 13 1 8 0 10 0 12 0 6 0 119 9 Tied after 3 Qtrs 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10 7 Trailing after 3 Qtr s 3527240425162815261201262430052368 0 0 In Overtime 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 6 0 0 Outcomes of 7 pts or less 6 5 2 3 4 3 5 3 5 3 5 5 3 8 4 3 4 2 7 1 3 1 5 1 5 2 4 0 2 2 64 42 Outcomes of 3 pts or less 3 1 2 2 3 0 4 1 3 2 4 3 2 3 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 0 0 2 36 18 0 0 Patriots Outgain Opposition 9 3 4 1 7 2 6 2 7 1 6 4 0 2 6 1 6 1 7 1 9 1 7 1 11 1 15 0 6 2 106 23 Patriots Out-Rush Opposition 4 0 6 3 6 3 6 2 5 1 4 1 3 2 6 1 4 0 9 1 11 1 6 1 9 2 9 0 6 2 94 20 Patriots Out-Pass Opposition 10 3 4 3 5 3 5 4 7 1 6 5 1 6 4 2 6 3 7 1 8 0 7 1 6 1 15 0 5 1 96 34 0 0 + Turnover Margin 5 0 4 0 6 1 7 0 5 3 4 1 5 4 7 1 6 1 10 0 9 0 5 0 8 0 12 0 4 0 97 11 - Tunover Margin 2 4 0 8 3 3 1 4 3 2 2 5 0 5 3 3 2 5 3 2 2 2 2 5 3 3 1 0 3 3 30 54 Even Turnover Margin 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 3 0 0 2 25 19 0 0 With 100-yard Rushe r 006311212211004010108120105020369 With 300-yard Passe r 3311402140330110212020401180113812 With 100-yard Receiver 5 3 3 2 2 0 1 3 6 1 4 3 3 1 2 1 3 2 4 0 6 0 3 0 2 0 12 0 5 1 61 17 0 0 Opponent 100-yard Rusher 1 5 0 2 3 2 1 2 3 3 1 3 0 2 2 3 2 6 1 0 2 1 1 5 2 2 3 0 0 2 22 38 Opponent 300-yard Passer 1 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 27 9 Opponent 100-yard Receiver 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 5 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 0 7 0 5 3 3 3 3 0 1 1 44 26
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK WEEK-BY-WEEK NFL/AFC RANKINGS
NFL RANKINGS AFC RANKINGS Offense Defense Offense Defense Week Total Rush Pass Total Rush Pass Total Rush Pass Total Rush Pass 1 9t 10 9 9 12 15 2t 4 4 6 6 10 2 22 16 15 9 15t 10 8 6 6 6 8 9 3 26 20 19t 20 24 14 12 10 7 9 11 9 4 28 19 24 21 25 12 13 10 10 10 12 9 5 23 17 21 11 20 8 9 8 8 6 10 6 6 21 18 22 15 21 12 8 9 9 6 10 8 7 19 6 24 13 19 14 7 3 10 6 9 9 8 19 6 23 14 20 15 7 3 9 6 9 8 9 18 7 23 14 15 17 6 3 9 6 7 9 10 15 7 23 12 12 15 6 3 9 5 6 8 11 10 8 12 12 14 13 4 3 6 4 7 6 12 7 7 10 12 13 18 3 2 6 4 5 10 13 9 9 11 13 14 16 3 4 6 5 6 9 14 15 16 17
NFL SCORING RANKINGS Offense Defense Season Season Week Points Avg. Rank Points Avg. Rank 1 17 17.0 14t 10 10.0 3t 2 19 18.0 20t 10 10.0 2t 3 13 16.3 26t 38 19.3 11t 4 BYE WEEK 28 BYE WEEK 8 5 30 19.8 24t 21 19.8 12 6 10 17.8 25 30 21.8 17 7 41 21.7 19 7 19.3 9 8 23 21.9 16t 16 18.86 9 9 15 21.0 22 18 18.75 9 10 20 20.9 24 10 17.8 6t 11 31 21.9 19t 34 19.4 9 12 48 24.3 10 28 18.5 8 13 10 21.3 18 33 19.6 12 14 15 16 17 Points 277 255
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK QUARTER-BY- QUARTER SCORING
Regular Season Patriots Opponents Point Overall Date Opponent 1 2 3 4 OT Final 1 2 3 4 OT Final Differential Record 09/07 Kansas City Chiefs 0 7 7 3 17 0 3 0 7 10 7 1-0 09/14 at New York Jets 3 3 10 3 19 0 3 0 7 10 9 2-0 09/21 Miami Dolphins 0 6 7 0 13 7 14 7 10 38 -25 2-1 10/05 at San Francisco 49ers 7 10 7 6 30 14 0 0 7 21 9 3-1 10/12 at San Diego Chargers 0 3 0 7 10 10 7 10 3 30 -20 3-2 10/20 Denver Broncos 6 14 14 7 41 0 0 0 7 7 34 4-2 10/26 St. Louis Rams 7 6 0 10 23 3 7 3 3 16 7 5-2 11/02 at Indianapolis Colts 0 6 6 3 15 7 0 8 3 18 -3 5-3 11/09 Buffalo Bills 7 3 3 7 20 0 3 0 7 10 10 6-3 11/13 New York Jets 3 10 8 10 31 10 14 0 7 3 34 3 6-4 11/23 at Miami Dolphins 3 14 14 17 48 7 7 7 7 28 20 7-4 11/30 Pittsburgh Steelers 7 3 0 0 10 3 7 13 10 33 -23 7-5 12/07 at Seattle Seahawks 12/14 at Oakland Raiders 12/21 Arizona Cardinals 12/28 at Buffalo Bills Regular Season Totals 43 85 76 73 0 277 61 65 48 78 3 255 22 7-5
Points By Halves 1st 2nd OT PATRIOTS 128 149 0 OPPONENTS 126 126 3
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK PATRIOTS REGULAR SEASON OFFENSE GAME-BY-GAME Kansas Kansas City at New York Jets Miami at San Francisco at San Diego Denver St. Louis at Indianapolis Buffalo at New York Jets Miami Pittsburgh at Seattle at Oakland Arizona at Buffalo Season Totals First Downs 18 18 14 25 18 25 23 22 24 26 30 19 262 Rushing 8 6 5 10 10 15 8 10 11 7 10 7 107 Passing 9 10 7 13 8 8 15 12 11 18 18 7 136 Penalty 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 5 19 Third Downs 13 14 15 17 14 13 12 14 18 14 8 13 165 Converted 7 6 4 8 5 5 6 8 11 4 3 1 68 Efficiency 53.8% 43.0% 27.0% 47.0% 36.0% 38.0% 50.0% 57.0% 45.0% 29.0% 37.5% 8.0% 41.2% Fourth Downs 01311 21103 22 17 Converted 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 12 Efficiency 0.0% 100.0% 67.0% 100.0% 0.0% 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 67.0% 100.0% 100% 70.6% Total Net Yards 338 260 215 377 299 404 348 342 370 511 530 267 4261 Plays 59 59 59 80 68 68 65 67 77 79 70 64 815 Avg./Play 5.7 4.4 3.7 4.7 4.4 5.9 5.4 5.1 4.8 6.5 7.6 4.2 5.2 Net Yards Rushing 126 104 78 144 106 257 98 140 144 125 122 122 1566 Attempts 28 32 19 43 26 38 29 32 44 25 25 20 361 Avg./Rush 4.5 3.2 4.1 3.3 4.1 6.8 3.4 4.4 3.3 5.0 4.9 6.1 4.3 Touchdowns 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 3 1 15 Net Yards Passing 212 156 137 233 193 147 250 202 226 386 408 145 2695 Sacks 2 4 5 5 4 6 3 0 1 3 2 5 40 Yards Lost 16 9 19 26 10 38 17 0 8 14 7 24 188 Gross Yards 228 165 156 259 203 185 267 202 234 400 415 169 2883 Attempts 29 23 35 32 38 24 33 35 32 51 43 39 414 Completions 20 16 22 22 22 18 21 26 22 30 30 19 268 Pct. 68.9% 69.6% 62.9% 68.8% 57.9% 75.0% 63.6% 74.3% 68.8% 58.8% 69.8% 48.7% 64.7% Touchdowns 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 3 3 0 13 Interceptions 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 10 Avg. Per Pass Play 6.8 6.0 3.5 6.3 4.6 4.9 6.9 5.8 6.5 7.1 9.1 3.3 5.9 Kickoffs-EZ-TB 4-2-0 6-6-5 4-1-1 7-4-3 3-1-1 8-2-1 5-2-1 5-2-1 5-1-1 8-2-1 9-5-1 3-0-0 67-28-16 Punts 43345 33124 14 37 Average 50.5 50.0 40.3 35.5 42.4 39.0 49.7 64.0 41.5 44.0 49.0 43.3 44.3 Had Blocked 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FG-PATs Had Blocked 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Penalties 32246 50225 66 43 Yards Lost 30 10 10 56 73 65 0 20 15 29 38 45 391 Fumbles 30212 00112 13 16 Fumbles Lost 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 10 Touchdowns 21131 52123 61 28 Rushing 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 3 1 15 Passing 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 3 3 0 13 Interception Return 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fumble Return 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Punt Return 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kickoff Return 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Extra Points Made-Att 2-2 1-1 1-1 3-3 1-1 5-5 2-2 0-1 2-2 3-3 6-6 1-1 26-27 Kicking Made-Att 2-2 1-1 1-1 3-3 1-1 5-5 2-2 0-0 2-2 2-2 6-6 1-1 25-25 2-pt Rushing Made-Att ------2-pt Passing Made-Att ------0-1 - 1--1 - - 1-2 Field Goals Attempted 14232 23333 22 30 Field Goals Made 1 4 2 3 1 2 3 3 2 3 2 1 27 Safeties 00000 00000 00 0 Points Scored 17 19 13 30 10 41 23 15 20 31 48 10 277 Time of Possession 29:49 31:35 27:27 39.52 31:34 33:57 30:35 34:24 37:40 39:18 33:10 24:55 31:37 Net Turnover Ratio -1 1 -2 1 0 5 -1 -2 1 0 -1 -4 -3
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 Extra PointsMade-Att Time ofPossession Points Scored Safeties Field GoalsAttempted Touchdowns Fumbles Penalties FG-PATs HadBlocked Punts Kickoffs-EZ-TB Net YardsPassing Net YardsRushing Total NetYards Fourth Downs Third Downs First Downs te BokdRtr)000000000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other (BlockedReturn) il ol ae111030311204 0 2 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 2 0 0 - 1 3 - 1 3 0 0 - 0 3-3 1 - 0 0 2 0 0 4-4 - 0 0 1 1-1 4-4 0 1 0 3 0 - 0 1-1 0 - 0 2 0 0 0 1-1 - 0 0 1 - 0 1 3-3 0 1 0 0 88 - 0 0 0 - 0 1-1 1 60 0 - 1 0 0 - 0 0 0 3-3 25 0 1 0 - - 0 3-3 3 0 0 0 22 0 1 - 0 - 5-5 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1-1 - 3 0 1 - 0 0 Field GoalsMade 3 0 1-1 1 0 0 63 - 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 2-pt PassingMade-Att 1 1 0 0 87 38.3 0 2 2-pt RushingMade-Att 0 0 43.0 1 0 Kicking Made-Att 1 3 0 20 17 33 42.6 0 5.1 0 0 7 0 41.6 2 37 24 41 3 7.7 0 1 54.3 0 0 15 1 Kickoff Return 35 26 6.5 33 2 40.8 1 0 Punt Return 1 23 4.3 0 60 13 23 Fumble Return 48.6 2 0 0 12 1 8.8 1 Interception Return 15 21 29 39.3 179 Passing 54.0 0 0 34 341 7.1 0 0 4 Rushing 18 3 34 47.3 258 18 4.7 3 5.3 40.5 68 0 0 33 0 120 19 3 3 Fumbles Lost 29 43.2 3.7 39 62 11.3 254 0 0 18 3.6 0 4.1 18 4.9 1 18 27 Yards Lost 0 75 304 8 1 3.3 3.5 6.3 0 0 14 21 29 1 0 43 187 0 1 2.2 6 5.4 5.0 1 18 21 Had Blocked 0 8 26 50 306 1 1 5.2 3.9 0 3.5 Average 0 9 8 18 26 130 0 0 6.0 26 64 3 4.1 11 2 245 19 31 0 5 4 5.6 29 181 28 58 Avg. PerPassPlay 18 1 3.5 0 4 4 6 4 Interceptions 206 24 4.7 18 4.3 16 55 Touchdowns 0 0 0 2 6.0 36 Pct. 7.3 8 5 48 Completions 5.0 4.1 0 21 0 0 2 57 16 Attempts 6 3.8 8.1 27 Gross Yards 49 0 3 11 5 5.2 Yards Lost 3 62 Sacks 4.6 0 12 3 4 1 Touchdowns 0 13 2 Avg./Rush 4 3 0 7 Attempts 0 6 3 12 Avg./Play 0 8 11 Plays 9 0 3 Efficiency 9 Converted 5 Efficiency Converted Penalty Passing Rushing 01 8:53:32:82:62:32:52:62:02:22:035:05 26:50 28:32 22:20 25:36 29:25 26:03 28:26 20:08 32:33 28.:25 30:11 12 92 57 83 67 55 29 24 65 88 85 51.5% 58.5% 78.8% 56.5% 72.4% 52.9% 65.5% 66.7% 48.3% 85.7% 69.2% 61.2% 50.0% 50.0% 56.0% 45.0% 60.0% 31.0% 46.0% 30.0% 11.0% 44.0% 50.0% 50.0% ------8-0-0 5-2-0 6-2-0 3-1-1 4-2-0 5-1-0 2-1-0 7-2-0 4-2-0 7-1-0 3-3-1 3-0-0 .%00 .%00 .%00 0%00 .%00 .%0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 8 5 4 2 0 6 7 5 0 3 2 172 326 161 235 66 108 140 254 60 271 333 47 169 392 90 306 375 122 168 106 245 301 98 152 361 182 77 275 216 404 104 199 102 461 256 284 ------3-3 4-4 4-4 1-1 2-2 1-1 1-1 3-3 3-3 5-5 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Kansas City 01 82 071 81 42 33 28 34 10 18 16 7 30 21 38 10 10 16 12 16 11 19 10 23 23 16 10 13 18 10 16 9 19 9 19 12 12 16 23 12 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 2 0 4 0 8 0 1 1 8 0 2 0 4 3 0 3 1 4 1 1 5 1 5 9 3 3 3 8 3 1 6 5 0 3 1 1 5 6 1 0 5 3 0 6 5 2 4 4 06 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 0 2 1 1 3 0 4 0 1 2 1 OPPONENT REGULARSEASONOFFENSEGAME-BY-GAM
at New York Jets
Miami NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS2008STATSPACK
at San Francisco
at San Diego
Denver
St. Louis
at Indianapolis
Buffalo
at New York Jets
Miami
Pittsburgh
at Seattle E
at Oakland
Arizona Pats Stats 12/2/2008 at Buffalo 57-17-2 63.2% 20.0% 44.7% 25-25 26-26 28:23 2542 1267 3809 2711 44.5 255 512 225 356 169 312 691 150 142 208
1-1 0-0 Season Totals 6.7 4.1 5.5 17 20 21 29 63 53 12 21 23 67 12 54 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 5 9 0 7 1 5 - NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK PATRIOTS TEAM STATS GAME-BY-GAME
OFFENSE FIRST DOWNS NET OFF. RUSHING PASSING PENALT Y PUNTS DATE OPPONENT Total Rush Pass Pn Yds Plays Yds Att Avg Net S YL Gross Att Cmp Pct TD Int No Yds No Avg 09/07 Kansas City 18 8 9 1 338 59 126 28 4.5 212 2 16 228 29 20 68.9% 1 0 3 30 4 50.5 09/14 at New York Jets 18 6 10 2 260 59 104 32 3.2 156 4 9 165 23 16 69.6% 0 0 2 10 3 50.0 09/21 Miami 14 5 7 2 215 59 78 19 4.1 137 5 19 156 35 22 62.9% 1 1 2 10 3 40.3 10/05 at San Francisco 25 10 13 2 377 80 144 43 3.3 233 5 26 259 32 22 68.8% 1 2 4 56 4 35.5 10/12 at San Diego 18 10 8 0 299 68 106 26 4.1 193 4 10 203 38 22 57.9% 0 1 6 73 5 42.4 10/20 Denver 25 15 8 2 404 68 257 38 6.8 147 6 38 185 24 18 75.0% 3 0 5 65 3 39.0 10/26 St. Louis 23 8 15 0 348 65 98 29 3.4 250 3 17 267 33 21 63.6% 1 2 0 0 3 49.7 11/02 at Indianapolis 22 10 12 0 342 67 140 32 4.4 202 0 0 202 35 26 74.3% 0 1 2 20 1 64.0 11/09 Buffalo 24 11 11 2 370 77 144 44 3.3 226 1 8 234 32 22 68.8% 0 0 2 15 2 41.5 11/13 New York Jets 26 7 18 1 511 79 125 25 5.0 386 3 14 400 51 30 58.8% 3 0 5 29 4 44.0 11/23 at Miami 30 10 18 2 530 70 122 25 4.9 408 2 7 415 43 30 69.8% 3 1 6 38 1 49.0 11/30 Pittsburgh 19 7 7 5 267 64 122 20 6.1 145 5 24 169 39 19 48.7% 0 2 6 45 4 43.3 12/07 at Seattle 12/14 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 at Buffalo Regular Season Totals 262 107 136 19 4261 815 1566 361 4.3 2695 40 188 2883 414 268 64.7% 13 10 43 391 37 44.3
OPPONENTS TEAM STATS GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSE FIRST DOWNS NET OFF. RUSHING PASSING PENALTY PUNTS DATE OPPONENT Total Rush Pass Pn Yds Plays Yds Att Avg Net S YL Gross Att Cmp Pct TD Int No Yds No Avg 09/07 Kansas City 14 5 9 0 284 62 102 27 3.8 182 4 24 206 31 19 61.2% 1 1 2 15 6 43.2 09/14 at New York Jets 12 3 9 0 256 49 104 21 5.0 152 2 29 181 26 18 69.2% 1 1 6 60 4 40.5 09/21 Miami 23 11 12 0 461 57 216 36 6.0 245 0 0 245 21 18 85.7% 1 0 5 35 4 47.3 10/05 at San Francisco 12 3 7 2 199 48 77 18 4.3 122 1 8 130 29 14 48.3% 3 3 6 37 5 54.0 10/12 at San Diego 19 3 13 3 404 55 98 28 3.5 306 0 0 306 27 18 66.7% 3 0 3 20 3 39.3 10/20 Denver 19 4 12 3 275 58 106 26 4.1 169 3 18 187 29 19 65.5% 1 2 8 87 5 48.6 10/26 St. Louis 16 5 11 0 361 64 90 26 3.5 271 4 33 304 34 18 52.9% 1 1 9 63 6 40.8 11/02 at Indianapolis 18 2 16 0 301 50 47 21 2.2 254 0 0 254 29 21 72.4% 2 0 1 0 3 54.3 11/09 Buffalo 10 2 8 0 168 43 60 18 3.3 108 2 12 120 23 13 56.5% 1 2 3 22 5 41.6 11/13 New York Jets 23 4 16 3 375 75 140 39 3.6 235 3 23 258 33 26 78.8% 2 0 4 25 5 42.6 11/23 at Miami 23 4 18 1 392 62 66 18 3.7 326 3 15 341 41 24 58.5% 3 1 8 60 4 43.0 11/30 Pittsburgh 19 8 11 0 333 68 161 34 4.7 172 1 7 179 33 17 51.5% 2 1 8 88 3 38.3 12/07 at Seattle 12/14 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 at Buffalo Regular Season Totals 208 54 142 12 3809 691 1267 312 4.1 2542 23 169 2711 356 225 63.2% 21 12 63 512 53 44.5
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK GAME-BY-GAME INDIVIDUAL PASSING STATS
Tom Brady Matt Cassel Date Opponent Att Cmp Yds Pct TD Lg Int S Yds Rating Att Cmp Yds Pct TD Lg Int S Yds Rating 09/07 Kansas City 11 7 76 .636 0 26 0 0 0 83.9 18 13 152 .722 1 51 0 2 16 116.0 09/14 at New York Jets Placed on Injured Reserve 9/8/08 23 16 165 .696 0 26 0 4 9 89.9 09/21 Miami 31 19 131 .613 1 21 1 4 17 68.1 10/05 at San Francisco 32 22 259 .688 1 66t 2 5 26 77.5 10/12 at San Diego 38 22 203 .579 0 28 1 4 10 61.6 10/20 Denver 24 18 185 .750 3 29 0 6 38 136.3 10/26 St. Louis 33 21 267 .636 1 30 2 3 17 73.7 11/02 at Indianapolis 34 25 204 .735 0 20 1 0 0 76.1 11/09 Buffalo 32 22 234 .688 0 27 0 1 8 87.1 11/13 New York Jets 51 30 400 .588 3 43 0 3 14 103.4 11/23 at Miami 43 30 415 .698 3 64 1 2 7 114.0 11/30 Pittsburgh 39 19 169 .487 0 27 2 5 24 39.4 12/07 at Seattle 12/14 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 at Buffalo Regular Season Totals 11 7 76 .636 0 26 0 0 0 83.9 398 257 2784 .646 13 66t 10 39 186 85.5 Career Totals 3653 2301 26446 .630 197 91t 86 203 1278 92.9 437 279 3037 .638 15 66t 12 43 202 84.2 Kevin O'Connell Matt Gutierrez Date Opponent Att Cmp Yds Pct TD Lg Int S Yds Rating Att Cmp Yds Pct TD Lg Int S Yds Rating 09/07 Kansas City 3rd Quarterback Signed Off Practice Squad 09/13/08 09/14 at New York Jets ------3rd Quarterback 09/21 Miami 4 3 25 .750 0 12 0 1 2 90.6 3rd Quarterback 10/05 at San Francisco ------3rd Quarterback 10/12 at San Diego ------3rd Quarterback 10/20 Denver ------3rd Quarterback 10/26 St. Louis ------11/02 at Indianapolis ------3rd Quarterback 11/09 Buffalo ------3rd Quarterback 11/13 New York Jets ------3rd Quarterback 11/23 at Miami ------3rd Quarterback 11/30 Pittsburgh ------3rd Quarterback 12/07 at Seattle 12/14 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 at Buffalo Regular Season Totals 4 3 25 .750 0 12 0 1 2 90.6 0 0 0 ### 0 # 0 0 0 ### Career Totals 4 3 25 .750 0 12 0 1 2 90.6 1 1 15 ### 0 15 0 0 0 ### Kevin Faulk Date Opponent Att Cmp Yds Pct TD Lg Int S Yds Rating 09/07 Kansas City ------09/14 at New York Jets ------09/21 Miami ------10/05 at San Francisco ------10/12 at San Diego ------10/20 Denver ------10/26 St. Louis ------11/02 at Indianapolis 1 1 -2 1.000 0 -2 0 0 0 79.2 11/09 Buffalo ------11/13 New York Jets ------11/23 at Miami ------11/30 Pittsburgh 12/07 at Seattle 12/14 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 at Buffalo Regular Season Totals 1 1 -2 1.000 0 23 0 0 0 79.2 Career Totals 4 2 21 .500 0 23 0 0 0 65.6
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK GAME-BY-GAME INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING STATS (LISTED ALPHABETICALLY )
RECEIVING Sam Aiken Heath Evan s Kevin Faul k Jabar Gaffne y BenJarvus Green-Elli s Date Opponen t No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD 09/07 Kansas City Inactive - - - - - NFL Suspension - - - - - Practice Squad 09/14 a t New York Jets Inactive - - - - - 4 50 12.5 22 0 - - - - - Practice Squad 09/21 Miami 1 9 9.0 9 0 - - - - - 2 6 3.0 4 0 6 51 8.5 12 1 Practice Squad 10/05 a t San Francisco ------4 29 7.3 10 0 3 35 11.7 13 0 Si gned 10/11/08 10/12 a t San Die go ------3 29 9.7 17 0 1 4 4.0 4 0 1 9 9.0 9 0 10/20 Denver 1 7 7.0 7 0 - - - - - 3 6 2.0 8 0 ------10/26 St. Louis ------4 47 11.8 18 1 1 17 17.0 17 0 - - - - - 11/02 a t Indianapolis ------5 38 7.6 11 0 1 11 11.0 11 0 1 8 8.0 8 0 11/09 Buffalo 2 22 11.0 19 0 - - - - - 1 9 9.0 9 0 4 36 9.0 12 0 - - - - - 11/13 New York Jets 1 43 43.0 43 0 - - - - - 4 49 12.3 19 0 7 86 12.3 19t 1 - - - - - 11/23 a t Miami ------6 52 8.7 15 0 5 88 17.6 23 0 - - - - - 11/30 Pittsbur gh ------7 48 6.9 17 0 1 2 2.0 2 0 1 20 20.0 20 0 12/07 a t Seattle 12/14 a t Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffalo Re gular Season Total s 5 81 16.2 43 0 0 0 #### 0 43 363 8.4 22 1 29 330 11.4 23 2 3 37 12.3 20 0 Career Total s 24 331 13.8 54 0 37 269 7.3 29 1 366 3181 8.7 52t 12 247 2930 11.9 69 15 3 37 12.3 9 0 RECEIVING C.J. Jones LaMont Jordan Laurence Marone y Sammy Morri s Randy Mos s Date Opponen t No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD 09/07 Kansas City Inactive ------5 34 6.8 11 0 6 116 19.3 51 1 09/14 a t New York Jets Released 09/13/08 ------2 7 3.5 4 0 2 22 11.0 14 0 09/21 Miami ------1 0 0.0 0 0 4 25 6.3 7 0 10/05 a t San Francisco ------5 111 22.2 66t 1 10/12 a t San Die go Inactive Inactive 4 49 12.3 28 0 3 26 8.7 15 0 10/20 Denver Inactive Placed on IR 10/20/08 - - - - - 5 69 13.8 27 2 10/26 St. Louis Inactive Inactive 7 102 14.6 30 0 11/02 a t Indianapolis Inactive Inactive 6 65 10.8 20 0 11/09 Buffalo Inactive Inactive 5 53 10.6 19 0 11/13 New York Jets Inactive - - - - - 3 26 8.7 16t 1 11/23 a t Miami Inactive 2 14 7.0 9 0 8 125 15.6 29t 3 11/30 Pittsbur gh Inactive 1 12 12.0 12 0 4 45 11.3 27 0 12/07 a t Seattle 12/14 a t Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffalo Re gular Season Total s 0 0 #### 0 0 0 #### # 0 0 0 #### # 0 15 116 7.7 28 0 58 785 13.5 66t 8 Career Total s 0 0 #### 0 158 1301 8.2 28 3 26 310 11.9 43 1 133 943 7.1 44 1 832 12978 15.6 82t 132 RECEIVING Matthew Slate r David Thoma s Kelley Washin g ton Ben jamin Watso n Wes Welke r Date Opponen t No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD 09/07 Kansas City - - - - - 2 24 12.0 18 0 1 3 3.0 3 0 Inactive 6 51 8.5 13 0 09/14 a t New York Jets - - - - - 1 14 14.0 14 0 - - - - - Inactive 7 72 10.3 26 0 09/21 Miami - - - - - 1 4 4.0 4 0 Inactive 1 6 6.0 6 0 6 55 9.2 21 0 10/05 a t San Francisco ------Inactive 2 11 5.5 7 0 8 73 9.1 20 0 10/12 a t San Die go - - - - - 1 13 13.0 13 0 Inactive - - - - - 9 73 8.1 15 0 10/20 Denver ------Inactive 3 40 13.3 29 0 6 63 10.5 27 1 10/26 St. Louis Inactive 1 9 9.0 9 0 - - - - - 1 13 13.0 13 0 7 79 11.3 20 0 11/02 a t Indianapolis Inactive 3 29 9.7 16 0 - - - - - 3 14 4.7 9 0 7 37 5.3 10 0 11/09 Buffalo ------1 7 7.0 7 0 9 107 11.8 27 0 11/13 New York Jets ------8 88 11.0 14 1 7 108 15.4 29 0 11/23 a t Miami ------1 16 16.0 16 0 8 120 15.0 64 0 11/30 Pittsbur gh ------1 12 12.0 12 0 4 30 7.5 12 0 12/07 a t Seattle 12/14 a t Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffalo Re gular Season Total s 0 0 #### 0 9 93 10.3 18 0 1 3 3.0 3 0 21 207 9.9 29 1 84 868 10.3 64 1 Career Total s 0 0 #### 0 21 261 12.4 36 1 73 896 12.3 51t 9 137 1696 12.4 40 14 292 3164 10.8 64 10
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK GAME-BY-GAME INDIVIDUAL RUSHING STATS (LISTED ALPHABETICALLY )
RUSHING Matt Cassel Heath Evan s Kevin Faul k BenJarvus Green-Elli s LaMont Jordan Date Opponen t No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD 09/07 Kansas City 4 13 3.3 9 0 2 3 1.5 3 0 NFL Suspension Practice Squad 2 6 3.0 5 0 09/14 a t New York Jets 1 7 7.0 7 0 1 3 3.0 3 0 3 16 5.3 7 0Practice Squad 11 62 5.6 11 0 09/21 Miami 2 4 2.0 2 0 - - - - - 1 6 6.0 6 0Practice Squad 6 22 3.7 9 0 10/05 a t San Francisco 4 5 1.3 6 0 - - - - - 7 32 4.6 10 2Si gned 10/11/08 5 16 3.2 9 0 10/12 a t San Die go 7 29 4.1 9 0 1 3 3.0 3 0 8 48 6.0 13 0 - - - - - Inactive 10/20 Denver 4 1 0.3 4 0 1 3 3.0 3 0 4 50 12.5 16 0 13 65 5.0 15 1 Inactive 10/26 St. Louis 7 22 3.1 11 0 - - - - - 13 60 4.6 14 0 9 16 1.8 4 1 Inactive 11/02 a t Indianapolis 5 20 4.0 7 0 2 3 1.5 2 0 10 60 6.0 15 0 15 57 3.8 10 1 Inactive 11/09 Buffalo 9 22 2.4 13t 1 1 3 3.0 3 0 5 9 1.8 6 0 26 105 4.0 13 1 Inactive 11/13 New York Jets 8 62 7.8 19 0 2 2 1.0 4 0 8 38 4.8 20 0 2 9 4.5 7 0 Inactive 11/23 a t Miami 2 14 7.0 8 1 - - - - - 8 53 6.6 21t 1 7 20 2.9 6 1 Inactive 11/30 Pittsbur gh 2 1 0.5 1 0 - - - - - 6 73 12.2 41 0 2 3 1.5 2 0 Inactive 12/07 a t Seattle 12/14 a t Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffalo Re gular Season Total s 55 200 3.6 19 2 10 20 2.0 4 0 73 445 6.1 41 3 74 275 3.7 15 5 24 106 4.4 11 0 Career Total s 67 228 3.4 19 3 156 558 3.6 35 3 767 3108 4.1 45t 14 74 275 3.7 15 5 816 3391 4.2 61t 24 RUSHING Laurence Marone y Sammy Morri s Randy Mos s Wes Welke r Date Opponen t No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD 09/07 Kansas City 10 51 5.1 17 0 10 53 5.3 22 1 ------09/14 a t New York Jets 8 16 2.0 6 0 8 0 0.0 3 1 ------09/21 Miami Inactive 9 27 3.0 17 0 - - - - - 1 19 19.0 19 0 10/05 a t San Francisco 10 26 2.6 5 0 16 63 3.9 14 0 1 2 2.0 2 0 - - - - - 10/12 a t San Die go Inactive 10 26 2.6 7 1 ------10/20 Denver Placed on IR 10/20/08 16 138 8.6 34 1 ------10/26 St. Louis Inactive ------11/02 a t Indianapolis Inactive ------11/09 Buffalo Inactive 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0 2 7 3.5 7 0 11/13 New York Jets 5 14 2.8 6 0 ------11/23 a t Miami 8 35 4.4 9 0 ------11/30 Pittsbur gh 10 45 4.5 14 1 ------12/07 a t Seattle 12/14 a t Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffalo Re gular Season Total s 28 93 3.3 17 0 92 401 4.4 34 5 2 0 0.0 2 0 3 26 8.7 19 0 Career Total s 388 1673 4.3 59t 12 551 2254 4.1 55 22 25 159 6.4 25 0 8 65 8.1 27 0
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK GAME-BY-GAME INDIVIDUAL DEFENSIVE STATS TACKLES TABULATED FROM COACHING GRADES DURING THE REGULAR SEASON (LISTED ALPHABETICALLY) Eric Alexander Tedy Bruschi Shawn Crable Date Opponent TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR SpT TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR SpT TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR 09/07 Kansas City ------11 5 6 ------Inactive 09/1 4 at New York Jet s Inactive 4 22 - -1--1--- Inactive 09/21 Miami Inactive 6 42------Inactive 10/05 a t San Francisc o Inactive 3 30------Inactive 10/12 a t San Die go Inactive 2 02------Inactive 10/20 Denver Inactive 2 02------Inactive 10/26 St. Louis Inactive 9 72------Inactive 11/02 a t Indianapolis Inactive 4 22------Inactive 11/09 Buffal o Inactive 6 33------Placed on In jured Reserve 11/05/08 11/13 New York Jet s Inactive 10 37------11/23 a t Miami Placed on In jured Reserve 11/22/08 2 20------11/30 Pittsbur gh 10 55------12/07 a t Seattle 12/1 4 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffal o Re gular Season Total s 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 36 33 0.0 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career Total s 8 7 1 0.0 0.0 N A 0 0 0 0 0 26 1132 716 416 30.5 186.0 N A 12 187 62 18 6 55 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jarvis Green Gary Guyton Rodney Harrison Date Opponent TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR SpT TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR SpT TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR 09/07 Kansas City 1 1 0 - - 1.0 ------14 7 7 - - 2 - - - - - 09/1 4 at New York Jet s ------1 1 0 ------8 6 2 ------09/21 Miami 5 2 3 ------1 1 0 ------2 12 6 6 ------1 - 10/05 a t San Francisc o ------2 2 0 ------1 2 2 0 - - - 1 0 2 - - 10/12 a t San Die go ------4 4 0 ------10/20 Denver Inactive 220------11523 ------10/26 St. Louis Inactive 2 20------Placed on In jured Reserve 10/22/08 11/02 a t Indianapolis 4 3 1 ------5 4 1 ------1 11/09 Buffal o 1 0 1 ------1 1 0 ------11/13 New York Jet s 5 3 2 ------1 0 1 - - - - - 2 - 1 1 11/23 a t Miami 2 1 1 ------3 2 1 ------11/30 Pittsbur gh 1 1 0 ------5 4 1 ------12/07 a t Seattle 12/1 4 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffal o Re gular Season Total s 19 11 8 0.0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 19 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 45 27 18 0.0 0.0 2 1 0 2 1 0 Career Total s 255 158 97 25.0 162.0 12.0 0 0 4 8 5 1 23 19 4 0.0 0.0 N A 0 0 2 0 2 6 1211 923 288 30.5 236.5 N A 34 361 115 15 7 Ellis Hobbs Larry Izzo Jerod Mayo Date Opponent TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR SpT TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR SpT TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR 09/07 Kansas City 3 3 0 1.0 6.0 - 1 3 1 - - 2 ------7 6 1 ------09/1 4 at New York Jet s 2 2 0 - - - - - 2 ------9 6 3 ------09/21 Miami 4 3 1 ------14 8 6 ------10/05 a t San Francisc o 3 3 0 ------1 4 3 1 ------10/12 a t San Die go 4 4 0 - - - - - 1 ------1 6 3 3 ------10/20 Denver 1 1 0 - - - - - 2 ------1 11 7 4 ------1 10/26 St. Louis 4 4 ------1 ------4 1 3 ------11/02 a t Indianapolis 1 1 0 ------2 10 4 6 - - - - - 1 - - 11/09 Buffal o 3 3 0 - - - 1 4 1 ------6 3 3 - - - - - 1 - - 11/13 New York Jet s 3 2 1 ------1 23 17 6 - - - - - 1 - - 11/23 a t Miami 5 5 0 - - - - - 1 ------2 4 3 1 ------11/30 Pittsbur gh 7 3 4 0.5 3.5 - - - 1 ------6 6 0 - - 1 - - - - - 12/07 a t Seattle 12/1 4 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffal o Re gular Season Total s 40 34 6 1.5 9.5 0 2 7 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 104 67 37 0.0 0.0 1 0 0 3 0 1 Career Total s 191 159 32 2.5 18.5 N A 8 94 40 1 4 10 18 17 1 0.0 0.0 N A 1 0 3 1 2 251 104 67 37 0.0 0.0 1.0 0 0 3 0 1 Brandon Meriweathe r Deltha O'Neal Vince Redd Date Opponent TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR SpT TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR SpT TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR 09/07 Kansas City 5 3 2 ------1 3 3 0 ------09/1 4 at New York Jet s 1 1 0 - - - 1 6 1 - - - 5 5 0 ------09/21 Miami 5 5 0 ------3 2 1 ------10/05 a t San Francisc o 2 2 0 - - - 1 0 1 - - - 1 1 0 - - - 1 0 1 - - - 10/12 a t San Die go 2 2 0 - - - - - 1 - - - 3 3 0 - - - - - 1 - - - 10/20 Denver 2 1 1 - - - 1 - 2 - - 2 2 2 0 ------10/26 St. Louis 6 3 3 ------1 1 0 - - - 1 47 1 - - - 11/02 a t Indianapolis 6 4 2 ------1 1 1 0 ------11/09 Buffal o 2 1 1 ------1 1 0 - - - 1 2 1 - - - 11/13 New York Jet s 11 7 4 ------1 3 3 0 ------Si gned 11/22/08 11/23 a t Miami 5 4 1 - - - 1 - 1 - - 1 2 2 0 - - - - - 1 - - - 0 0 0 ------11/30 Pittsbur gh 8 5 3 ------1 4 3 1 - - - - - 1 - - - 0 0 0 ------12/07 a t Seattle 12/1 4 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffal o Re gular Season Total s 55 38 17 0.0 0.0 0 4 6 6 0 0 7 29 27 2 0.0 0.0 0 3 49 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career Total s 71 51 20 0.0 0.0 0 4.0 6 9 0 0 25 387 316 71 1.0 8.0 N A 34 452 112 3 4 6 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Richardson James Sanders Lewis Sanders Date Opponent TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR SpT TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR SpT TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR 09/07 Kansas City 330- ----1--1422 ------09/1 4 at New York Jet s 624------110 ------09/21 Miami 5 1 4 ------2 ------10/05 a t San Francisc o 2 20------Inactive 10/12 a t San Die go Si gned 10/20/08 4 4 0 ------10/20 Denver ------2 5 5 0 - - - 1 9 1 - - - 4 4 0 ------1 - 10/26 St. Louis 3 3 0 ------1 5 2 3 ------Inactive 11/02 a t Indianapolis ------2 2 0 ------Inactive 11/09 Buffal o ------3 1 2 ------Inactive 11/13 New York Jet s ------7 4 3 ------1 Inactive 11/23 a t Miami Inactiv e 5 4 1 - - - - - 1 - - - 2 2 0 ------11/30 Pittsbur gh 1 1 0 ------2 7 4 3 ------5 4 1 ------12/07 a t Seattle 12/1 4 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffal o Re gular Season Total s 4 4 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 54 34 20 0.0 0.0 0 1 9 3 0 0 4 16 13 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Career Total s 4 4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 5 186 134 52 1.0 5.0 N A 5 112 10 1 0 21 188 150 38 1.0 5.0 N A 5 90 31 2 3
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK GAME-BY-GAME INDIVIDUAL DEFENSIVE STATS TABULATED FROM COACHING GRADES DURING THE REGULAR SEASON (LISTED ALPHABETICALLY) Richard Seymou r Le Kevin Smith Antwain Spann Date Opponent TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR SpT TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR SpT TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR 09/07 Kansas City 4 1 3 - - 1 ------Inactive 09/1 4 at New York Jet s 2 2 0 1 9 1 ------09/21 Miami 4 1 3 - - - - - 1 - - - 1 1 ------10/05 a t San Francisc o 1 1 0 ------10/12 a t San Die go 6 4 2 ------1 0 1 ------10/20 Denver 4 3 1 2 13.0 3 ------3 1 2 ------1 - Si gned 10/22/08 10/26 St. Louis 8 6 2 1 2.0 4 ------2 1 1 ------1 1 0 ------11/02 a t Indianapolis 3 1 2 ------11/09 Buffal o 4 1 3 1 6 1 ------11/13 New York Jet s 7 4 3 1 9.0 1 ------1 1 0 ------11/23 a t Miami 6 5 1 1 4.0 2 ------11/30 Pittsbur gh 4 1 3 0.5 3.5 3 ------2 1 1 ------12/07 a t Seattle 12/1 4 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffal o Re gular Season Total s 53 30 23 7.5 46.5 16 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 5 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career Total s 450 252 198 38.5 259.0 N A 2 6 29 3 5 0 14 7 7 0.0 0.0 N A 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Adalius Thomas Ray Ventron e Mike Vrabel Date Opponent TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR SpT TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR SpT TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR 09/07 Kansas City 5 4 1 1.0 10.0 1 ------1 4 3 1 2 8.0 3 - - 1 - - 09/1 4 at New York Jet s 3 3 0 1 20.0 1 ------1 1 0 1 ------09/21 Miami 4 2 2 - - - - - 1 ------3 2 1 ------10/05 a t San Francisc o 6 4 2 1 8.0 1 - - 1 ------1 0 1 ------10/12 a t San Die go 2 2 0 ------1 ------1 1 1 0 ------10/20 Denver 3 2 1 0.0 0.0 1 ------3 1 2 ------10/26 St. Louis 8 4 4 2 26.0 2 ------7 2 5 ------11/02 a t Indianapolis 3 3 0 - - - - - 2 ------5 2 3 - - 1 - - - - - 11/09 Buffal o 1 0 1 - - 1 ------5 2 3 ------11/13 New York Jet s Inactive ------312 - -1----- 11/23 a t Miami Inactive ------5 3 2 1 7.0 2 - - - 1 - 11/30 Pittsbur gh Inactive ------2 1 1 - - - 1 5 2 - - 12/07 a t Seattle 12/1 4 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffal o Re gular Season Total s 35 24 11 5.0 64.0 7 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 40 18 22 3.0 15.0 7 1 5 3 1 0 Career Total s 553 371 182 50.0 350.0 N A 7 185 62 17 6 79 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 N A 0 0 0 0 0 3 654 435 219 54.0 327.5 N A 11.0 73 34 16 6 Ty Warren Jason Webste r Terrence Wheatle y Date Opponent TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR SpT TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR SpT TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR 09/07 Kansas City 8 4 4 ------09/1 4 at New York Jet s 4 3 1 ------Inactiv e 09/21 Miami 5 2 3 ------10/05 a t San Francisc o 4 3 1 ------10/12 a t San Die go 5 4 1 ------1 - 1 10 ------10/20 Denver 7 5 2 - - 1 - - - 1 - - Inactiv e 10/26 St. Louis 8 5 3 1 5.0 1 ------1 10 ------11/02 a t Indianapolis 6 3 3 - - 1 ------Si gned 11/05/08 0 0 0 - - - - - 2 - - 11/09 Buffal o 8 4 4 1 6.0 1 ------2 2 0 ------Inactiv e 11/13 New York Jet s Inactive 2 1 1 ------1 - - Inactiv e 11/23 a t Miami 3 1 2 ------Inactiv e Placed On In jured Reserve 11/17/0 8 11/30 Pittsbur gh Inactive 1 01 ------12/07 a t Seattle 12/1 4 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffal o Re gular Season Total s 58 34 24 2.0 11.0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Career Total s 432 251 181 19.5 117.0 N A 0 0 6 4 6 0 398 327 71 0.5 3.5 N A 11 228 56 8 1 1 2 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Vince Wilfork Jonathan Wilhite Pierre Woods Date Opponent TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR SpT TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR SpT TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR 09/07 Kansas City 8 6 2 ------09/1 4 at New York Jet s 2 0 2 ------2 2 0 ------09/21 Miami 5 2 3 ------3 3 0 ------10/05 a t San Francisc o 4 2 2 ------1 1 0 ------10/12 a t San Die go 5 5 0 ------2 2 o ------10/20 Denver 3 2 1 ------3 2 1 ------1 - - - - - 10/26 St. Louis 3 1 2 - - - - - 1 - - - 6 4 2 ------1 1 1 ------11/02 a t Indianapolis 5 4 1 ------1 ------11/09 Buffal o 7 5 2 - - 1 ------1 2 1 1 ------11/13 New York Jet s 8 5 3 1.0 9.0 1.0 ------9 7 2 1.0 5.0 1 - - 1 - - 11/23 a t Miami 6 5 1 1.0 4.0 ------3 3 0 ------11/30 Pittsbur gh 6 2 4 ------5 1 4 ------12/07 a t Seattle 12/1 4 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffal o Re gular Season Total s 62 39 23 2.0 13.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 7 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 27 20 7 1.0 5.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 Career Total s 361 204 157 7.5 49.0 N A 0 0 8 0 5 0 10 7 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 31 22 9 1.0 5.0 N A 0 0 10 0 Mike Wri ght Special Teams Aiken Evans Gostkowski Hanson Slate r Washin gton Date Opponent TT UT A S Yds QH Int Yds PD FF FR SpT Date Opponent TT UT A TT UT A TT UT A TT UT A TT UT A TT UT A 09/07 Kansas City 1 0 1 ------09/07 Kansas City ------2 0 2 2 2 0 09/1 4 at New York Jet s ------09/1 4 at New York Jet s ------09/21 Miami ------09/21 Miami 2 0 2 1 0 1 ------10/05 a t San Francisc o ------10/05 a t San Francisc o ------1 0 1 ------10/12 a t San Die go 2 1 1 ------10/12 a t San Die go ------1 1 0 ------10/20 Denver 2 1 1 1 5.0 1 - - - 1 - - 10/20 Denver 1 0 1 ------1 0 1 - - - 10/26 St. Louis ------10/26 St. Louis ------2 1 1 11/02 a t Indianapolis ------11/02 a t Indianapolis ------1 1 0 11/09 Buffal o 3 3 0 - - 1 ------11/09 Buffal o 2 1 1 ------1 - 1 - - - 11/13 New York Jet s 8 5 3 ------11/13 New York Jet s 1 0 1 ------1 1 0 - - - 11/23 a t Miami 1 0 1 ------11/23 a t Miami 2 0 2 - - - 1 0 1 - - - 1 1 - - - - 11/30 Pittsbur gh 7 1 6 - - 1 ------11/30 Pittsbur gh ------1 0 1 ------12/07 a t Seattle 12/07 a t Seattle 12/1 4 at Oakland 12/1 4 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffal o 12/28 a t Buffal o Re gular Season Total s 24 11 13 1.0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 Re gular Season Total s 8171012 0 22 1 1624541 Career Total s 99 62 37 2.5 22.5 N A 0 0 022 9
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 SpT
0 0
SpT ------
0 57
SpT - - - - 1 ------1
2 2
SpT
1 2
3 3
SpT - - -
1 -
1 -
2 53
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 SpT
- - - - 1 -
1 1
SpT - - - - - 1 ------
1 47
SpT -
- - -
- -
0 0
SpT - - 1 2 2 3 1 - 1 1 - -
11 11
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK GAME-BY-GAME INDIVIDUAL SPECIAL TEAMS STATS Stephen Gostkowski KICKING 2008 Kicking Totals Date Opponent XP XPA % FG FGA Blk % PTS 09/07 Kansas City 2 2 100% 1 1 0 100% 5 09/1 4 at New York Jets 1 1 100% 4 4 0 100% 13 09/21 Miami 1 1 100% 2 2 0 100% 7 10/05 a t San Francisco 3 3 100% 3 3 0 100% 12 10/12 a t San Diego 1 1 100% 1 2 0 50% 4 10/20 Denve r 5 5 100% 2 2 0 100% 11 10/26 St. Louis 2 2 100% 3 3 0 100% 11 11/02 a t Indianapolis 0 0 0% 3 3 0 100% 9 11/09 Buffalo 2 2 100% 2 3 0 67% 8 11/13 New York Jets 2 2 100% 3 3 0 100% 11 11/23 a t Miami 6 6 100% 2 2 0 100% 12 11/30 Pittsburgh 1 1 100% 1 2 0 50% 4 12/07 a t Seattl e 12/1 4 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffalo Regular Season Totals 26 26 100% 27 30 090.0% 107 Career Totals 143 144 99% 68 80 185.0% 347 Chris Hanson PUNTING 2008 Punting Totals Date Opponent No. Yds Avg Net TB In 20 Lg B 09/07 Kansas City 4 202 50.5 38.8 2 1 70 0 09/1 4 at New York Jets 3 150 50.0 36.7 2 0 59 0 09/21 Miami 3 121 40.3 37.0 0 1 48 0 10/05 a t San Francisco 4 142 35.5 27.3 1 1 50 0 10/12 a t San Diego 5 212 42.4 32.4 0 2 53 0 10/20 Denve r 3 117 39.0 36.3 0 3 55 0 10/26 St. Louis 3 149 49.7 29.7 3 0 57 0 11/02 a t Indianapolis 1 64 64.0 62.0 0 1 64 0 11/09 Buffalo 2 83 41.5 41.5 0 2 46 0 11/13 New York Jets 4 176 44.0 44.0 0 2 51 0 11/23 a t Miami 1 49 49.0 49.0 0 0 49 0 11/30 Pittsburgh 4 173 43.3 31.0 1 2 55 0 12/07 a t Seattl e 12/1 4 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffalo Regular Season Totals 37 1638 44.3 36.2 9 15 70 0 Career Totals 509 2180 6 42.8 35.9 65 164 74 4 Kevin Faul k Deltha O'Neal Wes Welke r PUNT RETURNS Punt Returns Punt Returns Punt Returns Date Opponent No FC Yds Avg LG TD No FC Yds Avg LG TD No FC Yds Avg LG TD 09/07 Kansas City NFL Suspensio n 2 1 2 1.0 2 0 ------09/1 4 at New York Jets 3 0 53 17.7 24 0 ------09/21 Miami 2 2 34 17.0 19 0 ------10/05 a t San Francisco 2 1 19 9.5 13 0 ------10/12 a t San Diego 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 ------10/20 Denve r 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 ------3 0 63 21.0 44 0 10/26 St. Louis ------3 1 30 10.0 13 0 11/02 a t Indianapolis ------2 0 24 12.0 15 0 11/09 Buffalo 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 ------1 0 10 10.0 10 0 11/13 New York Jets 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 ------3 1 14 4.7 10 0 11/23 a t Miami ------2 1 20 10.0 12 0 11/30 Pittsburgh ------2 1 0 0.0 1 0 12/07 a t Seattl e 12/1 4 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffalo Regular Season Totals 7 9 106 15.1 24 0 2 1 2 1.0 2 0 16 4 161 10.1 44 0 Career Totals 91 51 875 9.6 43 0 138 46 1370 9.9 86 t 2 168 75 1642 9.8 71 0 Kevin Faul k Ellis Hobbs Stephen Neal Matthew Slater Wes Welke r KICKOFF RETURNS Kickoff Returns Kickoff Returns Kickoff Returns Kickoff Returns Kickoff Returns Date Opponent No Yds Avg LG TD No Yds Avg LG TD No Yds Avg LG TD No Yds Avg LG TD No Yds Avg LG TD 09/07 Kansas City NFL Suspensio n 2 70 35.0 51 0 - - - - - 1 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - - 09/1 4 at New York Jets - - - - - 2 53 26.5 32 0 ------09/21 Miami 1 11 11.0 11 0 6 237 39.5 81 0 ------10/05 a t San Francisco - - - - - 3 84 28.0 35 0 - - - - - 1 18 18.0 18 0 - - - - - 10/12 a t San Diego - - - - - 4 79 19.8 21 0 - - - - - 3 71 23.7 31 0 - - - - - 10/20 Denve r - - - - - 1 18 18.0 18 0 - - - - - 1 28 28.0 28 0 - - - - - 10/26 St. Louis - - - - - 3 95 31.7 49 0 - - - - -Inactive 1 26 26.0 26 0 11/02 a t Indianapolis - - - - - 4 96 24.0 34 0 - - - - -Inactive - - - - - 11/09 Buffalo - - - - - 1 13 13.0 13 0 ------11/13 New York Jets - - - - - 5 135 27.0 31 0 - - - - - 1 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - - 11/23 a t Miami - - - - - 3 72 24.0 30 0 - - - - - 2 24 12.0 13 0 - - - - - 11/30 Pittsburgh 1 25 25.0 25 0 4 91 22.8 40 0 1 27 27.0 27 0 2 14 7.0 14 0 - - - - - 12/07 a t Seattl e 12/1 4 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffalo Regular Season Totals 2 36 18.0 25 0 38 1043 27.4 81 0 1 27 27.0 27 0 11 155 14.1 31 0 1 26 26.0 26 0 Career Totals 175 395 4 22.6 95 2 98 2675 27.3 108 t 2 1 27 27.0 27 0 11 155 14.1 31 0 178 4060 22.8 95 t 1
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK GAME-BY-GAME OPPONENT STAT S
Opponent Passing Leaders Date Opponen t Leader Att Cmp Yds Pct TD Lg Int S Yds Rating 09/07 Kansas City Damon Huard 12 8 118 .666 1 68 1 3 14 91.7 09/14 at New York Jets Brett Favre 26 18 181 .692 1 54 1 2 29 85.6 09/21 Miami Chad Pennington 20 17 226 .850 0 33 0 0 0 113.8 10/05 at San Francisco J.T. O'Sullivan 29 14 130 .483 3 38 3 1 8 55.9 10/12 at San Diego Philip Rivers 27 18 306 .667 3 59 0 0 0 141.9 10/20 Denver Jay Cutler 26 17 168 .654 1 20 2 2 13 64.3 10/26 St. Louis Marc Bulger 34 18 304 .529 1 69 t 1 4 33 80.6 11/02 at Indianapolis Peyton Manning 29 21 254 .724 2 26 0 0 0 121.9 11/09 Buffalo Trent Edwards 23 13 120 .565 1 15 2 2 12 49.2 11/13 New York Jets Brett Favre 33 26 258 .788 2 20 0 3 23 119.4 11/23 at Miami Chad Pennington 41 24 341 .585 3 46 1 2 11 99.7 11/30 Pittsburgh Ben Roethlisberger 33 17 179 .515 2 21 1 1 7 75.2 12/07 at Seattle 12/14 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 at Buffalo Opponent Receiving Leaders Date Opponen t By Receptions No Yds Avg Lg TD By Rec. Yards No Yds Avg Lg TD 09/07 Kansas City Tony Gonzalez 6 55 9.2 20 0 Devard Darling 1 68 68.0 68 0 09/14 at New York Jets Chansi Stucke y 4 43 10.8 28 0 Laveranues Coles 3 72 24.0 54 0 Leon Washington 4 22 5.5 13 0 09/21 Miami Ted Ginn Jr. 5 49 9.8 18 0 Anthony Fasano 3 66 22.0 24 1 10/05 at San Francisco Frank Gore 4 24 6.0 16 t 1 Isaac Bruce 3 49 16.3 38 2 10/12 at San Diego Vincent Jackson 5 134 26.8 59 1 Vincent Jackson 5 134 26.8 59 1 10/20 Denver Eddie Royal 9 71 7.9 13 0 Brandon Marshall 6 77 12.8 20 0 10/26 St. Louis Donnie Avery 6 163 27.2 69 1 Donnie Avery 6 163 27.2 69 1 11/02 at Indianapolis Reggie Wayne 5 65 13.0 17 0 Reggie Wayne 5 65 13.0 17 0 11/09 Buffalo Roscoe Parrish 4 31 7.8 14 0 Roscoe Parrish 4 31 7.8 14 0 11/13 New York Jets Dustin Keller 8 87 10.9 20 0 Dustin Keller 8 87 10.9 20 0 Jerricho Cotchery 5 87 17.4 46 1 11/23 at Miami Greg Camarillo 6 75 12.5 20 1 Ted Ginn Jr. 5 88 17.6 46 0 11/30 Pittsburgh Hines Ward 5 37 7.4 11 1 Heath Miller 4 60 15.0 21 1 12/07 at Seattle 12/14 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 at Buffalo Rushing Date Opponen t By Yards No Yds Avg Lg TD 09/07 Kansas City Larry Johnson 22 74 3.4 22 0 09/14 at New York Jets Thomas Jones 17 70 4.1 16 0 09/21 Miami Ronnie Brown 17 113 6.6 62 t 4 10/05 at San Francisco Frank Gore 12 54 4.5 16 0 10/12 at San Diego LaDainian Tomlinson 20 74 3.7 27 0 10/20 Denver Michael Pittman 20 88 4.4 13 0 10/26 St. Louis Antonio Pittman 19 83 4.4 18 0 11/02 at Indianapolis Joseph Addai 17 32 1.9 5 0 11/09 Buffalo Marshawn Lynch 14 46 3.3 8 0 11/13 New York Jets Thomas Jones 30 104 3.5 13 1 11/23 at Miami Ronnie Brown 10 37 3.7 9 0 11/30 Pittsburgh Willie Parker 16 87 5,4 31 0 12/07 at Seattle 12/14 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 at Buffalo
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS
2008 OFFENSIVE STARTERS BY GAM E Date Opponent WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB FB 09/07 Kansas City Welker Light Mankins Koppen Yates Kaczur D. Thomas Moss Brady Maroney Gaffney (WR) 09/14 at New York Jets Welker Light Mankins Koppen Yates Kaczur D. Thomas Moss Cassel Maroney Evans 09/21 Miami Welker Light Mankins Koppen Yates Kaczur D. Thomas Moss Cassel Morris Gaffney (WR) 10/05 at San Francisco Welker Light Mankins Koppen Yates Kaczur Watson Moss Cassel Maroney Gaffney (WR) 10/12 at San Diego Welker Light Mankins Koppen Yates Kaczur D. Thomas Moss Cassel Morris Evans 10/20 Denver Welker Light Mankins Koppen Yates LeVoir D. Thomas Moss Cassel Morris Evans 10/26 St. Louis Welker Light Mankins Koppen Yates LeVoir Watson Moss Cassel Green-Ellis D. Thomas (TE) 11/02 at Indianapolis Welker Light Mankins Koppen Neal Kaczur Watson Moss Cassel Green-Ellis Gaffney (WR) 11/09 Buffalo Welker Light Mankins Koppen Neal Kaczur Gaffney (WR) Moss Cassel Faulk Aiken (WR) 11/13 New York Jets Welker Light Mankins Koppen Neal Kaczur Watson Moss Cassel Green-Ellis D. Thomas (TE) 11/23 at Miami Welker Light Mankins Koppen Neal Kaczur Aiken (WR) Moss Cassel Faulk Gaffney (WR) 11/30 Pittsburgh Welker Light Mankins Koppen Neal Kaczur Watson Moss Cassel Faulk D. Thomas (TE) 12/07 at Seattle 12/14 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 at Buffalo 2008 DEFENSIVE STARTERS BY GAM E Date Opponent LE NT RE LOLB LILB RILB ROLB LCB RCB SS FS 09/07 Kansas City Warren Wilfork Seymour Vrabel Mayo Bruschi A. Thomas L. Sanders Hobbs Harrison J. Sanders 09/14 at New York Jets Warren Wilfork Seymour Vrabel Mayo Bruschi A. Thomas O'Neal Hobbs Harrison J. Sanders 09/21 Miami Warren Wilfork Seymour Vrabel Mayo Bruschi A. Thomas O'Neal Hobbs Harrison J. Sanders 10/05 at San Francisco Warren Wilfork Seymour Vrabel Mayo Bruschi A. Thomas O'Neal Hobbs Harrison J. Sanders Date Opponent LE LDT RDT RE LB LB NICKEL LCB RCB SS FS 10/12 at San Diego Warren Wilfork Seymour Green Mayo A. Thomas Meriweather O'Neal Hobbs Harrison J. Sanders Date Opponent LE NT RE LB LB OLB NICKEL LCB RCB SS FS 10/20 Denver Warren Wilfork Seymour Mayo Bruschi A. Thomas L. Sanders O'Neal Hobbs Harrison J. Sanders Date Opponent LE NT RE LOLB LILB RILB ROLB LCB RCB SS FS 10/26 St. Louis Warren Wilfork Seymour Vrabel Bruschi Mayo A. Thomas O'Neal Hobbs Meriweather J. Sanders 11/02 at Indianapolis Warren Wilfork Seymour Vrabel Mayo Bruschi A. Thomas Wheatley Hobbs Meriweather J. Sanders 11/09 at Buffalo Warren Wilfork Seymour Vrabel Mayo Bruschi A. Thomas O'Neal Hobbs Meriweather J. Sanders 11/13 at New York Jets Wright Wilfork Seymour Vrabel Mayo Bruschi Woods O'Neal Hobbs Meriweather J. Sanders 11/23 at Miami Warren Wilfork Seymour Vrabel Mayo Bruschi Woods O'Neal Hobbs Meriweather J. Sanders 11/30 Pittsburgh Wright Wilfork Seymour Vrabel Mayo Bruschi Woods O'Neal Hobbs Meriweather J. Sanders 12/07 at Seattle 12/14 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffalo
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK PATRIOTS PARTICIPATION Regular Season
Player GP GS DNP INA KC NYJ MIA SF SD DEN SL IND BUF NYJ MIA PIT SEA OAK ARZ BUF at at at at at at at at Aiken , Sam 10 2 0 2 X X sub sub sub sub sub sub WR sub WR sub Alexander, Eri c 1 0 0 9 sub X X X X X X X X X Placed on IR 11/22/08 Brady, Tom 1 1 0 0 QB Placed on In jured Reserve 9/8/08 Britt, Wesle y 2 0 0 10 X X X X X sub sub X X X X X Bruschi, Ted y 12 11 0 0 ILB ILB ILB ILB sub LB LB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB Cassel, Mat t 12 11 0 0 sub QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB Connolly, Dan 0 0 0 5 X X X X X Released 10/20/0 8 Crable, Shawn 0 0 0 8 X X X X X X X X Placed on In jured Reserve 11/05/08 DeVree, Tyson 0 0 0 2 Si gned 11/17/0 8 X X Eckel, Kyl e 0 0 0 1 9/15 X Released 9/22/0 8 Evans, Heath 12 3 0 0 sub FB sub sub FB FB sub sub sub sub sub sub Faulk, Kevin 11 3 0 0 NS sub sub sub sub sub sub sub RB sub RB RB Gaffney, Jaba r 12 6 0 0 WR sub WR WR sub sub sub WR WR sub WR sub Gostkowski, Stephen 12 0 0 0 sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub Green, Jarvi s 10 1 0 2 sub sub sub sub RE X X sub sub sub sub sub Green-Ellis, BenJarvu s 8 3 0 0 Si gned 9/11/08 sub sub RB RB sub RB sub sub Gutierrez, Mat t 0 0 1 10 9/12 X X X X X DNP X X X X X Guyton, Gar y 12 0 0 0 sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub Hanson, Chri s 12 0 0 0 sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub Harrison, Rodne y 6 6 0 0 SS SS SS SS SS SS Placed on In jured Reserve 10/22/08 Hobbs, Ellis 12 12 0 0 RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB Hochstein, Rus s 11 0 1 0 DNP sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub Izzo, Larr y 12 0 0 0 sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub Jones, C.J. 0 0 0 1 X Released 9/13/0 8 Jordan, LaMon t 4 0 0 8 sub sub sub sub X X X X X X X X Kaczur, Nic k 10 10 0 2 RT RT RT RT RT X X RT RT RT RT RT Koppen, Dan 12 12 0 0 C C C C C C C C C C C C LeVoir, Mar k 12 2 0 0 sub sub sub sub sub RT RT sub sub sub sub sub Light, Mat t 12 12 0 0 L T LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Mankins, Logan 12 12 0 0 LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG Maroney, Laurenc e 3 3 0 2 RB RB X RB X Placed on In jured Reserve 10/20/08 Mayo, Jerod 12 12 0 0 ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB LB LB ILB ILB ILB ILB ILB Meriweather, Brandon 12 7 0 0 sub sub sub sub DB sub SS SS SS SS SS SS Morris, Samm y 9 3 0 3 sub sub RB sub RB RB X X X sub sub sub Moss, Rand y 12 12 0 0 WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR Neal, Stephen 7 5 0 0 Activated 10/20/0 8 sub sub RG RG RG RG RG O'Connell, Kevi n 1 0 10 1 X DNP sub DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP O'Neal, Deltha 12 10 0 0 sub LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB sub LCB LCB LCB LCB Paxton, Loni e 12 0 0 0 sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub Price, Maurice 0 0 0 1 Si gned 9/24 X Released 10/11/0 8 Redd, Vince 2 0 0 0 Si gned 11/23/0 8 sub sub Richardson, Mik e 6 0 0 1 Si gned 10/20/0 8 sub sub sub sub sub X sub Sanders, Jame s 12 12 0 0 FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS Sanders, Lewi s 7 2 0 5 LCB sub sub X sub DB X X X X sub sub Seymour, Richard 12 12 0 0 RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RE Slater, Matthe w 9 0 0 2 sub sub sub sub sub sub X X sub sub sub sub Smith, Le Kevin 11 0 0 1 X sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub Spach, Stephen 2 0 0 0 sub sub Released 9/15/0 8 Spann, Antwain 6 0 0 0 Si gned 10/22/08 sub sub sub sub sub sub Thomas, Adaliu s 9 9 0 3 OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB X X X Thomas, David 12 8 0 0 TE TE TE sub TE TE TE sub sub TE sub TE Ventrone, Ra y 12 0 0 0 sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub Vrabel, Mike 12 10 0 0 OLB OLB OLB OLB sub sub OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB Warren, T y 10 10 0 2 LE LE LE LE LE LE LE LE LE X LE X Washington, Kelle y 7 0 0 5 sub sub X X X X sub sub sub sub sub X Watson, Benjamin 10 5 0 2 X X sub TE sub sub TE TE sub TE sub TE Webster, Jason 3 0 0 1 Si gned 11/05/08 sub sub X sub Welker, We s 12 12 0 0 WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR Wheatley, Terrenc e 6 1 0 4 sub X sub sub sub X sub LCB X X Placed on IR 11/17/08 Wilfork, Vinc e 12 12 0 0 NT NT NT NT LDT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT Wilhite, Jonatha n 12 0 0 0 sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub Woods, Pierr e 12 3 0 0 sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub OLB OLB OLB Wright, Mik e 12 2 0 0 sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub sub LE sub LE Yates, Bill y 7 7 2 3 RG RG RG RG RG RG RB DNP X DNP X X Totals 525 264 14 96 X - inactive / CAPS - starters / sub - played / DNP - did not play/ NS - NFL Suspension Pats Stats 12/2/2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK LONGEST PLAYS - REGULAR SEASON bold indicates touchdown on the pla y
PATRIOTS COMPLETIONS OVER 20 YARDS OPPONENT COMPLETIONS OVER 20 YARDS YDS RECEIVER PASSER QTR DATE OPPONENT # YDS RECEIVER PASSER QTR DATE OPPONENT 66 Randy Mos s Cassel 1 10/5/200 8 San Francisc o 1 69 Donnie Aver y Bul ger 2 10/26/200 8 St. Loui s 64 Wes Welker Cassel 4 11/23/2008 Miami 2 68 Devard Darlin g Huard 4 9/7/2008 Kansas Cit y 51 Randy Moss Cassel 2 9/7/2008 Kansas Cit y 3 59 Vincent Jackson Rivers 3 10/12/2008 San Die go 43 Sam Aiken Cassel 2 11/13/2008 New York Jets 4 54 Laveranues Coles Favre 2 9/14/2008 New York Jets 30 Randy Moss Cassel 2 10/26/2008 St. Loui s 5 49 Malcom Floyd Rivers 1 10/12/200 8 San Die go 29 Ben Watson Cassel 1 10/20/2008 Denver 6 48 Vincent Jackson Rivers 1 10/12/2008 San Die go 29 Wes Welker Cassel 3 11/13/2008 New York Jets 7 46 Jerricho Cotchery Favre 2 11/13/2008 New York Jets 29 Randy Mos s Cassel 4 11/23/200 8 Miami 8 46 Ted Ginn Jr. Pennin gton 3 11/23/2008 Miami 28 Randy Moss Brady 1 9/7/2008 Kansas Cit y 9 44 Donnie Aver y Bul ger 3 10/26/2008 St. Loui s 28 Sammy Morris Cassel 3 10/12/2008 San Die go 10 38 Isaac Bruce O'Sullivan 1 10/5/2008 San Francisco 27 Wes Welker Cassel 3 10/20/2008 Denver 11 36 Davone Bess Pennin gton 4 11/23/2008 Miami 27 Wes Welker Cassel 2 11/9/2008 Buffalo 12 35 Donnie Aver y Bul ger 1 10/26/2008 St. Loui s 27 Randy Mos s Cassel 3 10/20/200 8 Denve r 13 33 Gre g Carmarillo Pennin gton 2 9/21/2008 Miami 27 Randy Moss Cassel 1 11/30/2008 Pittsbur gh 14 29 David Martin Pennin gton 1 11/23/2008 Miami 26 Wes Welker Cassel 1 9/14/2008 New York Jets 15 28 Chansi Stucke y Favre 3 9/14/2008 New York Jets 25 Randy Mos s Cassel 2 11/23/200 8 Miami 16 28 LaDainian Tomlinson Rivers 4 10/12/2008 San Die go 23 Randy Moss Cassel 2 10/26/2008 St. Loui s 17 27 Keenan Burton Bul ger 2 10/26/2008 St. Loui s 23 Jabar Gaffney Cassel 4 11/23/2008 Miami 18 26 Marvin Harrison Mannin g 2 11/2/2008 Indianapolis 22 Kevin Faul k Cassel 3 9/14/2008 New York Jets 19 24 Anthony Gonzalez Mannin g 4 11/2/2008 Indianapolis 22 Randy Moss Cassel 1 11/23/2008 Miami 20 24 Anthony Fasano Pennin gton 1 9/21/2008 Miami 21 Wes Welker Cassel 1 11/9/2008 Buffalo 21 23 Anthony Fasano Pennin gton 1 9/21/2008 Miami 21 Jabar Gaffney Cassel 2 11/23/2008 Miami 22 22 Antonio Gates Rivers 3 10/12/2008 San Die go 20 Wes Welker Cassel 3 10/5/2008 San Francisco 23 21 David Martin Pennin gton 2 9/21/2008 Miami 20 Wes Welker Cassel 3 10/26/2008 St. Loui s 24 21 Heath Mille r Roethlisber ger 1 11/30/2008 Pittsbur gh 20 Randy Moss Cassel 4 11/2/2008 Indianapolis 25 20 Tony Gonzalez Croyle 2 9/7/2008 Kansas Cit y 20 BenJarvus Green-Ellis Cassel 4 11/30/2008 Pittsbur gh 26 20 Jerricho Cotchery Favre 1 9/14/2008 New York Jets 27 20 Brandon Marshall Cutle r 3 10/20/2008 Denver 28 20 Dallas Clar k Mannin g 4 11/2/2008 Indianapolis 29 20 Dustin Kelle r Favre 1 11/13/2008 New York Jets 20 Gre g Carmarillo Pennin gton 2 11/23/2008 Miami
INTERCEPTION RETURNS OVER 20 YARDS OPPONENT INTERCEPTION RETURNS OVER 20 YARDS YDS RETURNER PASSER QTR DATE OPPONENT # YDS RETURNER PASSER QTR DATE OPPONENT 47 Deltha O'Neal Bul ger 4 10/26/2008 St. Loui s 1 89 Lawrence Timmons Cassel 4 11/3/2008 Pittsbur gh 2 23 Troy Polamalu Cassel 4 11/3/2008 Pittsbur gh
FUMBLE RETURNS OVER 20 YARDS OPPONENT FUMBLE RETURNS OVER 20 YARDS YDS RETURNER FROM QTR DATE OPPONENT # YDS RETURNER FROM QTR DATE OPPONENT 1
BLOCKED KICK/PUNT RETURN OVER 20 YARDS BLOCKED KICK/PUNT RETURN OVER 20 YARDS YDS RETURNER FROM QTR DATE OPPONENT # YDS RETURNER FROM QTR DATE OPPONENT 1 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK LONGEST PLAYS - REGULAR SEASON (CONT.) bold indicates touchdown on the pla y
PATRIOTS RUSHES OVER 10 YARDS OPPONENTS RUSHES OVER 10 YARDS YDS RUSHE R QTR DATE OPPONENT # YDS RUSHE R QTR DATE OPPONENT 41 Kevin Faul k 2 11/30/2008 Pittsbur gh 1 62 Ronnie Brown 4 9/21/200 8 Miami 34 Sammy Morris 2 10/20/2008 Denver 2 31 Willie Parke r 4 11/30/2008 Pittsbur gh 29 Sammy Morris 2 10/20/2008 Denver 3 28 Ricky William s 2 9/21/2008 Miami 22 Sammy Morris 2 9/7/2008 Kansas Cit y 4 27 LaDainian Tomlinson 3 10/12/2008 San Die go 21 Kevin Faul k 3 11/23/200 8 Miami 5 22 Ricky William s 4 9/21/2008 Miami 20 Sammy Morris 2 10/20/2008 Denver 6 22 Larry Johnson 3 9/7/2008 Kansas Cit y 20 Kevin Faul k 3 11/13/2008 New York Jets 7 20 Mewelde Moore 3 11/30/2008 Pittsbur gh 19 Wes Welker 1 9/21/2008 Miami 8 18 Antonio Pittman 2 10/26/2008 St. Loui s 19 Matt Cassel 2 11/13/2008 New York Jets 9 17 Antonio Pittman 4 10/26/2008 St. Loui s 17 Laurence Maroney 3 9/7/2008 Kansas Cit y 10 17 Brad Smith 1 11/13/2008 New York Jets 17 Sammy Morri s 1 9/21/2008 Miami 11 17 Leon Washin gton 2 9/14/2008 New York Jets 17 Matt Cassel 4 11/13/2008 New York Jets 12 16 Thomas Jones 1 9/14/2008 New York Jets 16 Kevin Faul k 4 10/20/2008 Denver 13 16 Thomas Jones 4 9/14/2008 New York Jets 16 Kevin Faul k 4 10/20/2008 Denver 14 16 Frank Gore 1 10/5/2008 San Francisco 15 Kevin Faul k 4 10/20/2008 Denver 15 15 Ronnie Brown 2 9/21/200 8 Miami 15 BenJarvus Green-Ellis 3 10/20/2008 Denver 16 13 Thomas Jones 1 11/13/2008 New York Jets 15 Kevin Faul k 3 11/2/2008 Indianapolis 17 13 Ricky William s 2 11/23/2008 Miami 14 Sammy Morris 1 10/5/2008 San Francisco 18 13 Willie Parke r 1 11/30/2008 Pittsbur gh 14 Sammy Morris 1 10/20/2008 Denver 19 13 Mewelde Moore 3 11/30/2008 Pittsbur gh 14 Kevin Faul k 4 10/26/2008 St. Loui s 20 12 Antonio Pittman 2 10/26/2008 St. Loui s 13 Matt Cassel 1 11/9/200 8 Buffalo 21 11 Jamaal Charles 1 9/7/2008 Kansas Cit y 13 BenJarvus Green-Ellis 4 11/9/2008 Buffalo 22 11 Leon Washin gton 2 9/14/2008 New York Jets 13 Kevin Faul k 4 11/30/2008 Pittsbur gh 23 11 LaDainian Tomlinson 1 10/12/2008 San Die go 12 Sammy Morris 3 9/7/2008 Kansas Cit y 24 11 Thomas Jones 4 11/13/2008 New York Jets 12 BenJarvus Green-Ellis 3 11/9/2008 Buffalo 25 10 Mewelde Moore 2 11/30/2008 Pittsbur gh 12 Matt Cassel 2 11/13/2008 New York Jets 26 10 Mewelde Moore 2 11/30/2008 Pittsbur gh 11 LaMont Jordan 4 9/14/2008 New York Jets 27 11 Matt Cassel 2 10/26/2008 St. Loui s 28 11 BenJarvus Green-Ellis 3 11/9/2008 Buffalo 29 10 Sammy Morris 3 10/5/2008 San Francisco 30 10 Kevin Faul k 2 10/5/2008 San Francisco 31 10 Sammy Morris 1 10/20/2008 Denver 32 10 BenJarvus Green-Ellis 4 10/20/2008 Denver 33 10 BenJarvus Green-Ellis 4 10/20/2008 Denver 10 BenJarvus Green-Ellis 2 11/2/2008 Indianapolis 10 BenJarvus Green-Ellis 2 11/9/2008 Buffalo
PATS KICKOFF RETURNS OVER 30 YARDS OPPONENTS KO RETURNS OVER 30 YARDS YDS RETURNER QTR DATE OPPONENT # YDS RETURNER QTR DATE OPPONENT 81 Ellis Hobb s 3 9/21/2008 Miami 1 92 Leon Washin gto n 2 11/13/200 8 New York Jets 51 Ellis Hobb s 4 9/7/2008 Kansas Cit y 2 85 Leodis McKelvin 4 11/9/2008 Buffalo 50 Ellis Hobb s 1 9/21/2008 Miami 3 41 Dante Hall 1 10/26/2008 St. Loui s 49 Ellis Hobb s 4 10/26/2008 St. Loui s 4 39 Pierre Garcon 1 10/5/2008 San Francisco 44 Ellis Hobb s 3 11/30/2008 Pittsbur gh 5 37 Leon Washin gton 1 11/13/2008 New York Jets 35 Ellis Hobb s 1 10/5/2008 San Francisco 6 36 Ted Ginn Jr. 2 11/23/2008 Miami 34 Ellis Hobb s 1 11/2/2008 Indianapolis 7 34 Allen Rossum 1 10/5/2008 San Francisco 33 Ellis Hobb s 4 10/5/2008 San Francisco 8 31 B.J. Sams 2 9/7/2008 Kansas Cit y 32 Ellis Hobb s 2 9/14/2008 New York Jets 9 31 Leodis McKelvin 3 11/9/2008 Buffalo 31 Ellis Hobb s 4 9/14/2008 Miami 10 31 Ted Ginn Jr. 1 11/23/2008 Miami 31 Matthew Slate r 4 10/12/2008 San Die go 11 31 Gary Russell 2 11/30/2008 Pittsbur gh 31 Ellis Hobb s 2 11/13/2008 New York Jets 12 30 Leon Washin gton 1 11/13/2008 New York Jets 31 Ellis Hobb s 4 11/13/2008 New York Jets 13 30 Ellis Hobb s 2 9/14/2008 Miami 14 30 Ellis Hobb s 1 11/23/2008 Miami
PATS PUNT RETURNS OVER 20 YARDS OPPONENTS PUNT RETURNS OVER 20 YARDS YDS RETURNER QTR DATE OPPONENT # YDS RETURNER QTR DATE OPPONENT 44 Wes Welker 3 10/20/2008 Denver 1 28 Darren Sproles 1 10/12/2008 San Die go 24 Kevin Faul k 3 9/14/2008 New York Jets 2 22 Darren Sproles 2 10/12/2008 San Die go NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK RED ZONE
2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS RED ZONE STATISTICS "INSIDE THE 20" Score Drives In Scorin g Date Opponent NE Opp Red Zone Score s Scorin g % TDs TD % FGs T.O.s Drives 20+ 09/07 Kansas City 17 10 3 3 100.0% 2 66.7% 1 0 0 09/1 4 at New York Jets 19 10 5 5 100.0% 1 20.0% 4 0 0 09/21 Miami 13 38 3 2 66.7% 1 33.3% 1 1 1 10/05 a t San Francisco 30 21 3 3 100.0% 2 66.7% 1 0 3 10/12 a t San Die go 10 30 3 1 33.3% 1 33.3% 0 0 1 10/20 Denver 41 7 5 5 100.0% 4 80.0% 1 0 2 10/26 St. Louis 23 16 4 4 100.0% 2 50.0% 2 0 0 11/02 a t Indianapolis 15 18 4 4 100.0% 1 25.0% 3 0 0 11/09 Buffalo 20 10 4 4 100.0% 2 50.0% 2 0 0 11/13 New York Jets 31 34 4 4 100.0% 3 75.0% 1 0 2 11/23 a t Miami 48 28 5 5 100.0% 3 60.0% 2 0 3 11/30 Pittsbur gh 33 10 4 2 50.0% 1 25.0% 1 1 0 12/07 a t Seattle 12/1 4 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffalo Re gular Season Total s 300 232 47 42 89.4% 23 48.9% 19 2 12 2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS OPPONENTS RED ZONE STATISTICS "INSIDE THE 20" Score Drives In Scorin g Date Opponent NE Opp Red Zone Score s Scorin g % TDs TD % FGs T.O.s Drives +20 09/07 Kansas City 17 10 2 1 50.0% 1 50.0% 0 0 1 09/1 4 at New York Jets 19 10 3 2 66.7% 1 33.3% 1 0 0 09/21 Miami 13 38 4 4 100.0% 4 100.0% 0 0 2 10/05 a t San Francisco 30 21 3 3 100.0% 3 100.0% 0 0 0 10/12 a t San Die go 10 30 5 5 100.0% 2 40.0% 3 0 1 10/20 Denver 41 7 1 1 100.0% 1 100.0% 0 0 0 10/26 St. Louis 23 16 2 2 100.0% 0 0.0% 2 0 1 11/02 a t Indianapolis 15 18 2 2 100.0% 2 100.0% 0 0 1 11/09 Buffalo 20 10 2 2 100.0% 1 50.0% 1 0 0 11/13 New York Jets 31 34 5 5 100.0% 3 60.0% 2 0 1 11/23 a t Miami 48 28 4 4 100.0% 4 100.0% 0 0 0 11/30 Pittsbur gh 33 10 6 6 100.0% 3 50.0% 3 0 1 12/07 a t Seattle 12/1 4 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 a t Buffalo Re gular Season Total s 300 232 39 37 94.9% 25 64.1% 12 0 8
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK REGULAR SEASON RED ZONE STATISTICS RED ZONE STATISTICS PATRIOTS OPPONENT S Date O pp onen t Scrim. Result No. Conv. Date O pp onen t Scrim. Result No. Conv. 09/07 Kansas Cit y KC 10 Touchdown 1 1 09/07 Kansas Cit y NE 13 Touchdown 1 1 KC 5 Touchdown 2 2 NE 5 Downs 2 1 KC 19 Field Goal 3 3 09/1 4 New York Jets NE 13 Missed FG 3 1 09/1 4 New York Jets NYJ 3 Field Goal 4 4 NE 3 Field Goal 4 2 NYJ 19 Field Goal 5 5 NE 2 Touchdown 5 3 NYJ 1 Touchdown 6 6 09/21 Miami NE 2 Touchdown 6 4 NYJ 9 Field Goal 7 7 NE 15 Touchdown 7 5 NYJ 9 Field Goal 8 8 NE 5 Touchdown 8 6 09/21 Miami MIA 16 Interce ption 9 8 NE 19 Touchdown 9 7 MIA 19 Field Goal 10 9 10/05 San Francisco NE 16 Touchdown 10 8 MIA 5 Touchdown 11 10 NE 6 Touchdown 11 9 10/05 San Francisco SF 17 Field Goal 12 11 NE 5 Touchdown 12 10 SF 2 Touchdown 13 12 10/12 San Die go NE 7 Field Goal 13 11 SF 2 Touchdown 14 13 NE 4 Touchdown 14 12 10/12 San Die go SD 1 Downs 15 13 NE 1 Touchdown 15 13 SD 1 Touchdown 16 14 NE 17 Field Goal 16 14 SD 12 End of Game 17 14 NE 5 Field Goal 17 15 10/20 Denver DEN 13 Field Goal 18 15 10/20 Denver NE 10 Touchdown 18 16 DEN 4 Touchdown 19 16 10/26 St. Louis NE 2 Field Goal 19 17 DEN 13 Touchdown 20 17 NE 7 Field Goal 20 18 DEN 6 Touchdown 21 18 11/02 Indiana polis NE 12 Touchdown 21 19 DEN 1 Touchdown 22 19 NE 9 Touchdown 22 20 10/26 St. Louis SL 2 Touchdown 23 20 11/09 Buffalo NE 7 Field Goal 23 21 SL 9 Field Goal 24 21 NE 14 Touchdown 24 22 SL 2 4 Field Goal 25 22 11/13 New York Jets NE 7 Touchdown 25 23 SL 15 Touchdown 26 23 NE 4 Field Goal 26 24 11/02 Indiana polis IND 11 Field Goal 27 24 NE 15 Touchdown 27 25 IND 17 Field Goal 28 25 NE 1 Touchdown 28 26 IND 6 Touchdown 29 26 NE 16 Field Goal 29 27 IND 7 Field Goal 30 27 11/23 Miami NE 3 Touchdown 30 28 11/09 Buffalo BUF 13 Touchdown 31 28 NE 7 Touchdown 31 29 BUF 14 Field Goal 32 29 NE 2 Touchdown 32 30 BUF 19 Field Goal 33 30 NE 13 Touchdown 33 31 BUF 1 Touchdown 34 31 11/30 Pittsbur gh NE 2 Field Goal 34 32 11/13 New York Jets NYJ 13 Field Goal 35 32 NE 19 Touchdown 35 33 NYJ 19 Touchdown 36 33 NE 7 Field Goal 36 34 NYJ 10 Touchdown 37 34 NE 11 Touchdown 37 35 NYJ 16 Touchdown 38 35 NE 1 Field Goal 38 36 11/23 Miami MIA 12 Field Goal 39 36 NE 1 Touchdown 39 37 MIA 8 Touchdown 40 37 MIA 8 Touchdown 41 38 MIA 13 Field Goal 42 39 MIA 1 Touchdown 43 40 11/30 Pittsbur gh PIT 2 Touchdown 44 41 PIT 11 Field Goal 45 42 PIT 9 Missed F G 46 42 PIT 1 4 Interce ption 47 42
bold underlines denote goal-to- go situation bold underlines denote goal-to- go situation
REGULAR SEASON RED ZONE DRIVES Drive s Conversion s TDs TD % FG s Points Drive s Conversion s TDs TD % FG s Points 47 42 23 48.9% 19 218 39 37 25 64.1% 5 190 REGULAR SEASON GOAL-TO-GO SITUATIONS Drive s Conversion s TDs TD % FG s Points Drive s Conversion s TDs TD % FG s Points 24 22 17 70.8% 5 134 27 26 15 55.6% 10 135
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK
REGULAR SEASON TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL (-3)
REGULAR SEASON TAKEAWAYS (17) Date Opponen t Qtr. Scrim. Player Turnover (Forced By) Takeaway Yardline Return Drive Result s Pts./T.O. 09/07 Kansas City 4 KC 20 Damon Huard Interception Ellis Hobbs KC 38 3 Field Goal 3 09/14 New York Jets 3 NYJ 24 Brett Favre Interception Brandon Meriweather NYJ 37 3 Touchdown 7 09/21 Miami NONE 10/05 San Francisco 1 NE 45 J.T. O'Sullivan Interception Brandon Meriweather NE 4 0 Punt 0 3 SF 21 J.T. O'Sullivan Interception Rodney Harrison SF 24 0 Touchdown 7 4 SF 40 J.T. O'Sullivan Interception Deltha O'Neal NE 38 0 Punt 0 10/12 San Diego 4 SD 40 Jacob Hester Fumble Ty Warren SD 46 8 Touchdown 7 10/20 Denver 1 NE 32 Andre Hall Fumble (L.Sanders) Le Kevin Smith NE 32 0 Field Goal 3 1 NE 37 Andre Hall Fumble (Ty Warren) Jerod Mayo DEN 37 0 Field Goal 3 2 DEN 40 Jay Cutler Interception Brandon Meriweather NE 16 0 Touchdown 7 2 NE 38 Patrick Ramsey Fumble (Mike Wright) Gary Guyton 50 7 Punt 0 3 NE 37 Jay Cutler Interception James Sanders NE 35 9 Touchdown 7 10/26 St. Louis 4 NE 38 Marc Bulger Interception Deltha O'Neal SL 37 47 Punt 0 11/02 Indianapolis NONE 11/09 Buffalo 1 BUF 13 Trent Edwards Interception Ellis Hobbs BUF 34 4 Field Goal 3 3 BUF 45 Trent Edwards Interception Deltha O'Neal NE 41 2 Turnover 0 11/13 New York Jets 3 NYJ 34 Jerricho Cotchery Fumble (Jason Webster) Gary Guyton NE 40 0 Field Goal 3 11/27 Miami 4 MIA 20 Chad Pennington Interception Brandon Meriweather MIA 18 19 Field Goal 3 11/09 Pittsburgh 1 PIT 22 Ben Rothlisberger Interception Mike Vrabel PIT 14 5 Touchdown 7
Regular Season Points Off Takeaways 60 REGULAR SEASON GIVEAWAYS (20) Date Opponen t Qtr. Scrim. Player Turnover (Forced By) Takeaway Yardline Return Drive Result s Pts./T.O. 09/07 Kansas City 1 KC 38 Wes Welker Fumble (Patrick Surtain) Jarrad Page KC 48 8 Punt 0 1 KC 42 Randy Moss Fumble Brandon Carr KC 16 0 Punt 0 09/14 New York Jets NONE 09/21 Miami 1 MIA 16 Matt Cassel Interception Randy Starks MIA 26 8 Touchdown 7 09/21 Miami 4 NE 44 Matt Cassel Fumble (Joey Porter) Phillip Merling NE 49 0 Punt 0 10/05 San Francisco 1 NE 48 Matt Cassel Interception Takeo Spikes NE 45 13 Interception 0 2 NE 45 Matt Cassel Interception Nate Clements SF 6 0 Punt 0 10/12 San Diego 3 NE 24 Matt Cassel Interception Quetin Jammer NE 26 2 Field Goal 3 10/20 Denver NONE 10/26 St. Louis 3 NE 34 Matt Cassel Interception Oshiomogho Atogwe NE 43 13 Field Goal 3 3 SL 44 Matt Cassel Interception Fakhir Brown SL 42 16 Punt 0 11/02 Indianapolis 4 IND 45 Matt Cassel Interception Bob Sanders IND 25 0 Punt 0 11/02 Indianapolis 4 NE 20 Randy Moss Fumble (Tim Jennings) Tim Jennings NE 40 0 End of Game 0 11/09 Buffalo 4 BUF 36 Matt Cassel Fumble (Marcus Stroud) George Wilson BUF 44 0 Punt 0 11/13 New York Jets 3 NYJ 34 Ben Watson Fumble (Eric Barton) Kerry Rhodes NYJ 33 11 Punt 0 11/27 Miami 1 NE 38 Matt Cassel Interception Renaldo Hill NE 42 17 Touchdown 7 2 MIA 28 Sammy Morris Fumble (Matt Roth) Andre Goodman MIA 28 0 Touchdown 7 11/27 Pittsburgh 3 NE 5 Matthew Slater Fumble Keyaron Fox NE 8 0 Touchdown 7 3 NE 29 Matt Cassel Fumble (James Harrison) LaMarr Woodley NE 26 0 Field Goal 3 3 PIT 48 Matt Cassel Fumble (James Harrison) James Farrior NE 47 0 Missed Field Goal 0 4 PIT 43 Matt Cassel Interception Troy Polamalu PIT 34 23 Field Goal 3 4 PIT 41 Matt Cassel Interception Lawrence Timmons NE 1 89 Touchdown 7
Points Off Giveaways 47 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK REGULAR SEASON TURNOVER RATIO -3 REGULAR SEASON Takeaways Points off Takeaways Total Ints. Fumbles Total TDs FGs Total Conv. % Points PATRIOTS 12 5 17 6 6 12 71% 60 Opponents 10 10 20 5 4 9 45% 47
TAKE-AWAYS GIVE-AWAYS Net Date Opponent Ints. Fumbles Total Ints. Fumbles Total Differential Results 09/07 Kansas City 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 17-10 09/14 at New York Jets 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 19-10 09/21 Miami 0 0 0 1 1 2 -2 13-38 10/05 at San Francisco 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 30-21 10/12 at San Diego 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 10--30 10/20 Denver 2 3 5 0 0 0 5 41-7 10/26 St. Louis 1 0 1 2 0 2 -1 23-16 11/02 at Indianapolis 0 0 0 1 1 2 -2 15-18 11/09 Buffalo 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 20-10 11/13 New York Jets 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 31-34 11/23 at Miami 1 0 1 1 1 2 -1 48-28 11/30 Pittsburgh 1 0 1 2 3 5 -4 10--33 12/07 at Seattle 12/14 at Oakland 12/21 Arizona 12/28 at Buffalo 2008 Regular Season 12 5 17 10 10 20 -3 7-5
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK TURNOVER RATIO REGULAR SEASON TOTALS TAKE-AWAYS GIVE-AWAYS Net RECORD PLAYOFFS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Year Ints Fumbles Total Ints Fumbles Total Differential W L T W L DIVISION CONFERENCE SUPER BOWL PLAYOFFS 2008 12 5 17 10 10 20 -3 7 5 0 2007 19 12 31 9 6 15 16 16 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 2006 22 13 35 12 15 27 8 12 4 0 2 1 1 1 2005 10 8 18 15 9 24 -6 10 6 0 1 1 1 1 2004 20 16 36 14 13 27 9 14 2 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 2003 29 12 41 13 11 24 17 14 2 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 2002 18 11 29 14 10 24 5 9 7 0 2001 22 13 35 15 13 28 7 11 5 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 2000 10 13 23 15 10 25 -2 5 11 0 1999 16 15 31 21 12 33 -2 8 8 0 1998 24 7 31 17 7 24 7 9 7 0 0 1 WC 1 1997 19 13 32 15 7 22 10 10 6 0 1 1 1 1 1996 23 11 34 15 12 27 7 11 5 0 2 1 1 1 1 1995 15 14 29 16 20 36 -7 6 10 0 1994 22 18 40 27 11 38 2 10 6 0 0 1 WC 1 1993 13 9 22 24 10 34 -12 5 11 0 1992 14 15 29 19 26 45 -16 2 14 0 1991 12 19 31 22 20 42 -11 6 10 0 1990 14 18 32 20 16 36 -4 1 15 0 1989 16 12 28 27 12 39 -11 5 11 0 1988 20 15 35 28 10 38 -3 9 7 0 1987 21 21 42 18 13 31 11 8 7 0 1986 21 19 40 13 11 24 16 11 5 0 0 1 1 1 1985 23 24 47 22 20 42 5 11 5 0 3 1 WC 1 1 1984 17 8 25 14 15 29 -4 9 7 0 1983 17 19 36 18 20 38 -2 8 8 0 1982 12 11 23 9 8 17 6 5 4 0 0 1 WC 1 1981 16 17 33 34 16 50 -17 2 14 0 1980 24 10 34 27 9 36 -2 10 6 0 1979 20 22 42 23 15 38 4 9 7 0 1978 22 21 43 25 21 46 -3 11 5 0 0 1 1 1 1977 19 10 29 21 15 36 -7 9 5 0 1976 23 27 50 20 16 36 14 11 3 0 0 1 WC 1 1975 13 16 29 28 22 50 -21 3 11 0 1974 24 14 38 23 15 38 0 7 7 0 1973 13 18 31 17 25 42 -11 5 9 0 1972 10 12 22 28 10 38 -16 3 11 0 1971 15 14 29 16 16 32 -3 6 8 0 1970 8 17 25 28 13 41 -16 2 12 0 1969 20 14 34 18 10 28 6 4 10 0 1968 23 17 40 33 20 53 -13 4 10 0 1967 17 15 32 32 22 54 -22 3 10 1 1966 22 15 37 21 13 34 3 8 4 2 1965 21 9 30 29 12 41 -11 4 8 2 1964 31 16 47 27 12 39 8 10 3 1 1963 29 13 42 29 12 41 1 7 6 1 1 1 1 1 1962 25 10 35 13 20 33 2 9 4 1 1961 22 20 42 21 9 30 12 9 4 1 1960 25 20 45 23 22 45 0 5 9 0 Total 923 718 1641 998 692 1690 -49 373 354 9 21 13 11 6 3 16 Regular Season Record 373 354 9 Playoff Record 21 13 0 Overall Record 394 367 9 Note: Bold indicates playoff seasons NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK ALL-TIME SCORING Active = Bold # SCORING TD Ru Pa Rt PAT PAT/ATT 2-Pt FG FG/ATT S TP
1 Adam Vinatieri 0 0 0 0 367 374 1 263 321 0 1,158 2 Gino Cappelletti 42 0 42 0 346 358 2 176 334 0 1,130 3 John Smith 0 0 0 0 308 323 0 128 191 0 692 4 Ton y Franklin 0 0 0 0 163 166 0 93 125 0 442 5 Stanle y Morgan 68 0 67 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 408 6 Stephen Gostkowski 0 0 0 0 143 144 0 68 80 0 347 7 Ben Coate s 50 0 50 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 302 8 Sam Cunningham 49 43 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 294 9 Jim Nance 46 45 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 276 10 Ton y Collin s 44 32 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 264 11 Irving Frya r 42 1 38 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 252 12 Larr y Garron 42 14 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 252 13 Jim Colclough 39 0 39 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 238 14 Mat t Bah r 0 0 0 0 73 73 0 55 72 0 238 15 Core y Dillon 39 37 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 236 16 Curti s Martin 37 32 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 226 17 Steve Grogan 36 35 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 216 18 Jason Staurovsk y 0 0 0 0 57 59 0 50 69 0 207 19 Tro y Brown 34 0 31 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 206 20 Randy Mos s 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 186 21 Kevin Faul k 28 14 12 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 170 22 Russ Francis 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 168 23 Don Calhoun 25 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 24 Antowain Smith 24 21 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 146 25 Rand y Vataha 24 0 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 26 Terr y Glenn 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 27 And y Johnson 22 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 28 Mosi Tatupu 21 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 29 Art Graham 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 30 Ron Burton 19 9 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 31 John Stephen s 19 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 32 Harold Jackson 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 33 Cedric Jones 18 0 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 34 Carl Garret t 18 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 35 Jim Whalen 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 36 Daniel Graham 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 37 David Patten 17 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 38 Horace Ivor y 17 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 39 Charli e Gogola k 0 0 0 0 42 42 0 20 36 0 102 40 Darryl Stingle y 16 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 41 Mac k Herron 16 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 42 Vito "Babe" Parilli 15 15 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 91 43 Don Hasselbec k 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 44 Bill y Lot t 15 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 45 Charli e Baumann 0 0 0 0 31 34 0 18 27 0 85 46 Deion Branch 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 47 Vincen t Brisb y 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 48 Shawn Jefferson 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 49 Derric k Ramse y 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 50 Benjamin Watson 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 51 Christian Fauria 13 0 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 80 52 Laurence Maroney 13 12 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 80 53 Ron Seller s 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 54 Craig James 13 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 55 Leonard Russell 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 56 David Givens 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 57 Rober t Edwards 12 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 58 Mar v Coo k 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 59 Stephen Starring 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 60 Jef f Whit e 0 0 0 0 21 25 0 14 25 0 63 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK ALL-TIME PASSING
Rk Name Att Cmp Yards Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Lg S k Yds Rating 1 Drew Bledsoe 4518 2544 29,657 56.3% 6.56 166 3.7% 138 3.1% 86 t 262 1778 75.9 2 Steve Grogan 3593 1879 26,886 52.3% 7.48 182 5.1% 208 5.8% 76 t 247 2076 69.6 3 Tom Brady 3653 2301 26,446 63.0% 7.24 197 5.4% 86 2.4% 91 t 203 1272 92.9 4 Vito "Babe" Parilli 2412 1140 16,747 47.3% 6.94 132 5.5% 138 5.7% 80 t 56 529 64.8 5 Ton y Eason 1500 876 10,732 58.4% 7.15 60 4.0% 48 3.2% 90 t 166 1273 80.6 6 Jim Plunket t 1503 729 9,932 48.5% 6.61 62 4.1% 87 5.8% 88 t 146 1317 59.7 7 Hugh Millen 612 370 4,276 60.5% 6.99 17 2.8% 28 4.6% 60 t 87 583 71.8 8 Mike Taliaferro 680 305 3,920 44.9% 5.76 27 4.0% 44 6.5% 77 57 575 49.8 9 Ed "Butch" Songin 604 285 3,905 47.2% 6.47 36 6.0% 24 4.0% 78 na na 71.7 10 Matt Cassel 437 279 3,037 63.8% 6.95 15 3.4% 12 2.7% 66 t 43 202 84.2 11 Matt Cavanaugh 385 206 3,018 53.5% 7.84 19 4.9% 23 6.0% 75 t 39 313 70.9 12 Marc Wilson 415 214 2,631 51.6% 6.34 9 2.2% 16 3.9% 65 t 39 299 62.6 13 Doug Flutie 305 148 1,871 48.5% 6.13 11 3.6% 14 4.6% 80 t 18 130 61.0 14 Tomm y Hodson 315 171 1,809 54.3% 5.74 7 2.2% 11 3.5% 56 41 300 64.1 15 Tom Yewcic 206 87 1,374 42.2% 6.67 12 5.8% 12 5.8% 78 t na na 60.2 16 Scot t Zola k 244 124 1,314 50.8% 5.39 8 3.3% 7 2.9% 72 25 200 65.8 17 Tom Sherman 226 90 1,199 39.8% 5.31 12 5.3% 16 7.1% 87 t 19 190 45.6 18 Joe Kapp 219 98 1,104 44.7% 5.04 3 1.4% 17 7.8% 48 27 231 32.6 19 Tom Ramse y 164 84 1,005 51.2% 6.13 6 3.7% 9 5.5% 40 16 96 59.6 20 Scot t Secu les 134 75 918 56.0% 6.85 2 1.5% 9 6.7% 82 7 28 54.3 21 Tom Owen 114 58 655 50.9% 5.75 3 2.6% 9 7.9% 32 9 82 44.3 22 Don Trull 81 27 442 33.3% 5.46 1 1.2% 7 8.6% 52 11 75 20.7 23 Brian Dowling 54 29 383 53.7% 7.09 2 3.7% 1 1.9% 42 4 63 81.0 24 Ed Wilson 46 20 257 43.5% 5.59 1 2.2% 3 6.5% 30 na na 41.7 25 Tom Greene 63 27 251 42.9% 3.98 1 1.6% 6 9.5% 31 na na 20.1 26 Neil Graff 36 19 241 52.8% 6.69 2 5.6% 3 8.3% 31 t 4 34 57.8 27 Jef f Carlson 49 18 232 36.7% 4.73 1 2.0% 3 6.1% 40 3 21 33.7 28 Andy Johnson 13 7 194 53.8% 14.92 4 30.8% 1 7.7% 66 t 0 0 106.6 29 Bob Bleier 39 14 181 35.9% 4.64 1 2.6% 1 2.6% 35 3 28 49.2 30 Richard Christ y 11 6 94 54.5% 8.55 2 18.2% 2 18.2% 39 na na 83.1
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK ALL-TIME RECEIVING LEADERS
PATRIOTS ALL-TIME RECEIVING LEADERS (BY RECEPTIONS) PATRIOTS ALL-TIME RECEIVING LEADERS (BY YARDS) Rk Name Pos No Yds Avg Lg TD Rk Name Pos No Yds Avg Lg TD 1 Tro y Brown W R 557 6366 11.4 82t 31 1 Stanle y Mor gan W R 534 10352 19.4 76t 67 2 Stanle y Mor gan W R 534 10352 19.4 76t 67 2 Tro y Brown W R 557 6366 11.4 82t 31 3 Ben Coates TE 490 5471 11.2 84t 50 3 Irvin g Fr yar W R 363 5726 15.8 80t 38 4 Kevin Faul k RB 366 3181 8.7 52 t 12 4 Ben Coates TE 490 5471 11.2 84t 50 5 Irvin g Fr yar W R 363 5726 15.8 80t 38 5 Jim Colclou gh W R 283 5001 17.7 78t 39 6 Terr y Glenn W R 329 4669 14.2 86t 22 6 Terr y Glenn W R 329 4669 14.2 86t 22 7 Gino Ca pp elletti W R 292 4589 15.7 63t 42 7 Gino Ca pp elletti W R 292 4589 15.7 63t 42 8 Jim Colclou gh W R 283 5001 17.7 78t 39 8 Kevin Faul k RB 366 3181 8.7 52 t 12 9 Ton y Collins RB 261 2356 9.0 49 12 9 Harold Jackson W R 156 3162 20.3 59 18 10 Vincent Brisb y WR 217 3142 14.5 72 14 10 Russ Francis TE 207 3157 15.3 53 28 11 Deion Branch W R 213 2744 12.9 66t 14 11 Vincent Brisb y WR 217 3142 14.5 72 14 12 Sam Cunnin gham RB 210 1905 9.1 41 6 12 Art Graham W R 199 3107 15.6 80t 20 13 Mar v Cook TE 210 1843 8.8 49 11 13 Shawn Jefferson W R 178 3081 17.3 76 14 14 Russ Francis TE 207 3157 15.3 53 28 14 Rand y Vataha W R 178 3055 17.2 88t 23 15 Art Graham W R 199 3107 15.6 80t 20 15 Deion Branch W R 213 2744 12.9 66t 14 16 Wes Welker WR 196 2043 10.4 64 9 16 Cedric Jones W R 191 2703 14.2 65t 16 17 Cedric Jones W R 191 2703 14.2 65t 16 17 David Patten W R 165 2513 15.2 91t 16 18 Larr y Garron RB 185 2502 13.5 76t 25 18 Larr y Garron RB 185 2502 13.5 76t 25 19 Shawn Jefferson W R 178 3081 17.3 76 14 19 Jim Whalen TE 153 2487 16.3 87t 17 20 Rand y Vataha W R 178 3055 17.2 88t 23 20 Michael Tim pson W R 172 2472 14.4 60t 8 21 Michael Tim pson W R 172 2472 14.4 60t 8 21 Ton y Collins RB 261 2356 9.0 49 12 22 David Patten W R 165 2513 15.2 91t 16 22 Rand y Moss WR 156 2278 14.6 66 t 31 23 And y Johnson RB 161 1807 11.2 53 9 23 David Givens W R 158 2214 14.0 57 12 24 David Givens W R 158 2214 14.0 57 12 24 Wes Welker WR 196 2043 10.4 64 9 25 Harold Jackson W R 156 3162 20.3 59 18 25 Sam Cunnin gham RB 210 1905 9.1 41 6 26 Rand y Moss WR 156 2278 14.6 66 t 31 26 Re gg ie Rucker W R 126 1884 15.0 69t 10 27 Jim Whalen TE 153 2487 16.3 87t 17 27 Darr yl Stin gle y WR 110 1883 17.1 68 14 28 Ben jamin Watson TE 137 1696 12.4 40 14 28 Ste phen Starrin g WR 112 1865 16.7 76t 11 29 Jim Nance RB 129 844 6.5 45 1 29 Mar v Cook TE 210 1843 8.8 49 11 30 Re gg ie Rucker W R 126 1884 15.0 69t 10 30 And y Johnson RB 161 1807 11.2 53 9 31 Gre g McMurtr y WR 120 1519 12.7 65t 4 31 Ton y Romeo TE 110 1724 15.7 62 10 32 Daniel Graham TE 120 1393 11.6 48 17 32 Ben jamin Watson TE 137 1696 12.4 40 14 33 Derrick Ramse y TE 118 1412 12.0 39 14 33 Gre g McMurtr y WR 120 1519 12.7 65t 4 34 Lin Dawson TE 117 1233 10.5 42 8 34 Ron Sellers W R 79 1477 18.7 77 13 35 Curtis Martin RB 117 890 7.6 41 5 35 Don Hasselbeck TE 99 1444 14.6 51 15 36 Ste phen Starrin g WR 112 1865 16.7 76t 11 36 Derrick Ramse y TE 118 1412 12.0 39 14 37 Ron Burton RB 111 1205 10.9 73t 8 37 Daniel Graham TE 120 1393 11.6 48 17 38 Darr yl Stin gle y WR 110 1883 17.1 68 14 38 Hart Lee D ykes W R 83 1344 16.2 42 7 39 Ton y Romeo TE 110 1724 15.7 62 10 39 Lin Dawson TE 117 1233 10.5 42 8 40 Carl Garrett RB 107 1158 10.8 80t 3 40 Ron Burton RB 111 1205 10.9 73t 8 41 David Me gg ett RB 104 829 8.0 49t 1 41 Carl Garrett RB 107 1158 10.8 80t 3 42 Sam Gash FB 104 826 7.9 30 6 42 Ton y Simmons W R 57 981 17.2 63t 6 43 John Ste phens RB 100 781 7.8 43 1 43 Jabar Gaffne y WR 76 921 12.1 56 t 8 44 Don Hasselbeck TE 99 1444 14.6 51 15 44 Bob Windsor TE 74 915 12.4 36 6 45 Kevin Turner RB 98 856 8.7 32 6 45 Curtis Martin RB 117 890 7.6 41 5 46 Mosi Tatu pu RB 96 843 8.8 41 2 46 Kevin Turner RB 98 856 8.7 32 6 47 Hart Lee D ykes W R 83 1344 16.2 42 7 47 Jim Nance RB 129 844 6.5 45 1 48 Don Calhoun RB 82 614 7.5 47 2 48 Mosi Tatu pu RB 96 843 8.8 41 2 49 Crai g James RB 81 819 10.1 90t 2 49 David Me gg ett RB 104 829 8.0 49t 1 50 Ron Sellers W R 79 1477 18.7 77 13 50 Sam Gash FB 104 826 7.9 30 6 51 Christian Fauria TE 79 790 10.0 33 13 51 Crai g James RB 81 819 10.1 90t 2 52 Jabar Gaffne y WR 76 921 12.1 56 t 8 52 Christian Fauria TE 79 790 10.0 33 13 53 Bob Windsor TE 74 915 12.4 36 6 53 Mac k Herron RB 61 789 12.9 29 6 54 Patrick Pass RB 66 570 8.6 39 1 54 John Ste phens RB 100 781 7.8 43 1 55 Lero y Thom pson RB 65 465 7.2 27t 5 55 Reche Caldwell W R 61 760 12.5 62t 4 56 Antowain Smith RB 64 572 8.9 41t 3 56 Donte' Stallworth W R 46 697 15.2 69t 3 57 Robert Perr yman RB 64 430 6.7 18 0 57 Eric Sievers TE 62 692 11.2 46 0 58 Eric Sievers TE 62 692 11.2 46 0 58 Ra y Crittenden W R 44 672 15.3 44 4 59 Mac k Herron RB 61 789 12.9 29 6 59 Don Calhoun RB 82 614 7.5 47 2 60 Reche Caldwell W R 61 760 12.5 62t 4 60 Antowain Smith RB 64 572 8.9 41t 3 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK ALL-TIME RUSHING LEADER S
PATRIOTS ALL-TIME RUSHING LEADERS (BY YARDS) PATRIOTS ALL-TIME RUSHING LEADERS (BY TDS) Rk Name Att Yards Avg LG TD Rk Name Att Yards Avg LG TD 1 Sam Cunnin gham 1,385 5,453 3.9 75 t 43 1 Jim Nance 1,323 5,323 4.0 65 t 45 2 Jim Nance 1,323 5,323 4.0 65 t 45 2 Sam Cunnin gham 1,385 5,453 3.9 75 t 43 3 Ton y Collin s 1,191 4,647 3.9 54 32 3 Core y Dillon 753 3,180 4.2 50 37 4 Curtis Martin 958 3,799 4.0 70 t 32 4 Steve Gro gan 443 2,176 4.9 41 t 35 5 Don Calhoun 820 3,391 4.1 73 23 5 Ton y Collin s 1,191 4,647 3.9 54 32 6 John Stephens 891 3,249 3.6 52 17 6 Curtis Martin 958 3,799 4.0 70 t 32 7 Core y Dillon 753 3,180 4.2 50 37 7 Don Calhoun 820 3,391 4.1 73 23 8 Kevin Faulk 767 3,108 4.1 45 t 14 8 Antowain Smith 721 2,781 3.9 44 21 9 Larr y Garron 763 2,981 3.9 85 t 14 9 Mosi Tatupu 612 2,415 3.9 55 18 10 Antowain Smith 721 2,781 3.9 44 21 10 John Stephens 891 3,249 3.6 52 17 11 Crai g James 585 2,469 4.2 73 11 11 Carl Garrett 537 2,235 4.2 80 t 15 12 Leonard Russell 689 2,437 3.5 24 13 12 Babe Parilli 228 949 4.2 33 t 15 13 Mosi Tatupu 612 2,415 3.9 55 18 13 Larr y Garron 763 2,981 3.9 85 t 14 14 Carl Garrett 537 2,235 4.2 80 t 15 14 Horace Ivory 329 1,336 4.1 52 14 15 Steve Gro gan 443 2,176 4.9 41 t 35 15 Kevin Faulk 767 3,108 4.1 45 t 14 16 Andy Johnson 491 2,017 4.1 69 t 13 16 Leonard Russell 689 2,437 3.5 24 13 17 Laurence Marone y 388 1,673 4.3 59 t 12 17 Andy Johnson 491 2,017 4.1 69 t 13 18 Ron Burton 429 1,536 3.6 59 9 18 Laurence Marone y 388 1,673 4.3 59 t 12 19 Horace Ivory 329 1,336 4.1 52 14 19 Crai g James 585 2,469 4.2 73 11 20 Mac k Herron 353 1,298 3.7 53 9 20 Ron Burton 429 1,536 3.6 59 9 21 Robert Perryman 369 1,29 4 3.5 48 9 21 Mac k Herron 353 1,298 3.7 53 9 22 Vagas Fer guson 290 1,163 4.0 44 5 22 Robert Perryman 369 1,29 4 3.5 48 9 23 Robert Edwards 291 1,115 3.8 53 9 23 Robert Edwards 291 1,115 3.8 53 9 24 Jim Crawford 302 1,078 3.6 39 t 5 24 Jim Plunket t 159 817 5.1 37 9 25 Josh Ashton 247 950 3.8 35 3 25 Terry Allen 254 896 3.5 22 t 8 26 Babe Parilli 228 949 4.2 33 t 15 26 Marion Butts 243 703 2.9 26 8 27 Terry Allen 254 896 3.5 22 t 8 27 Bill y Lot t 143 573 4.0 38 8 28 Jim Plunket t 159 817 5.1 37 9 28 Sammy Morri s 177 785 4.4 49 8 29 Sammy Morri s 177 785 4.4 49 8 29 John Tarver 155 554 3.6 28 7 30 Mark van Ee ghen 177 744 4.2 17 2 30 Re gg ie Dupard 186 571 3.1 49 6 31 Robert Weathers 159 733 4.6 77 4 31 Ton y Eason 126 474 3.8 26 6 32 Marion Butts 243 703 2.9 26 8 32 Vagas Fer guson 290 1,163 4.0 44 5 33 Jon Vau ghn 144 597 4.1 36 3 33 Jim Crawford 302 1,078 3.6 39 t 5 34 Bill y Lot t 143 573 4.0 38 8 34 Tom Brad y 276 533 1.9 22 5 35 Re gg ie Dupard 186 571 3.1 49 6 35 Michael Cloud 50 177 3.5 42 5 36 John Tarver 155 554 3.6 28 7 36 Harry Crump 49 120 2.5 21 5 37 Drew Bledsoe 270 553 2.0 25 2 37 BenJarvu s Green-Elli s 74 275 3.7 15 5 38 Tom Brad y 276 533 1.9 22 5 38 Robert Weathers 159 733 4.6 77 4 39 J.R. Redmond 164 527 3.2 20 1 39 Tom Yewcic 72 424 5.9 46 4 40 Patric k Pass 128 526 4.1 31 3 40 Richard Christ y 78 363 4.7 48 4 41 Ton y Eason 126 474 3.8 26 6 41 Josh Ashton 247 950 3.8 35 3 42 Heath Evans 122 450 3.7 21 2 42 Jon Vau ghn 144 597 4.1 36 3 43 J.D. Garrett 116 434 3.7 58 3 43 Patric k Pass 128 526 4.1 31 3 44 David Me gg ett 120 432 3.6 25 3 44 J.D. Garrett 116 434 3.7 58 3 45 Tom Yewcic 72 424 5.9 46 4 45 David Me gg ett 120 432 3.6 25 3 46 Al Mille r 101 416 4.2 33 1 46 Ike Forte 87 257 3.0 26 3 47 Kevin Turner 96 382 4.0 49 1 47 Matt Cavanau gh 39 190 4.9 22 3 48 Marvin Allen 94 378 4.0 29 2 48 Allan Clar k 28 140 5.0 19 3 49 Richard Christ y 78 363 4.7 48 4 49 Brian Dowlin g 7 35 5.0 11 3 50 R.C. Gamble 94 346 3.7 45 1 50 Don Trull 19 35 1.8 10 3 51 Lero y Thompson 102 312 3.1 13 2 51 Mark van Ee ghen 177 744 4.2 17 2 52 Dou g Flutie 65 308 5.2 22 1 52 Drew Bledsoe 270 553 2.0 25 2 53 Sam Gash 105 291 2.8 14 2 53 Heath Evans 122 450 3.7 21 2 54 BenJarvu s Green-Elli s 74 275 3.7 15 5 54 Marvin Allen 94 378 4.0 29 2 55 Ike Forte 87 257 3.0 26 3 55 Lero y Thompson 102 312 3.1 13 2 56 Core y Croom 73 252 3.5 22 1 56 Sam Gash 105 291 2.8 14 2 57 Darryl Stin gle y 28 244 8.7 34 t 2 57 Darryl Stin gle y 28 244 8.7 34 t 2 58 Bob Gladieu x 65 239 3.7 31 0 58 Donnie Thomas 88 215 2.4 25 2 59 Marc Edwards 82 237 2.9 17 1 59 Jess Phillip s 29 191 6.6 46 2 60 Sedrick Shaw 48 236 4.9 71 0 60 Marrio Grier 60 180 3.0 26 2 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK ALL-TIME INTERCEPTION LEADER S PATRIOTS ALL-TIME INTERCEPTION LEADERS YARDAGE LEADERS Rk Name No Yards Avg LG TD Rk Name Yards 1 Ty Law 36 583 16.2 65t 6 1 Ty Law 583 2 Raymond Clayborn 36 555 15.4 85 1 2 Raymond Clayborn 555 3 Ron Hall 29 476 16.4 87 1 3 Ron Hall 476 4 Fred Marion 29 457 15.8 83 1 4 Fred Marion 457 5 Roland James 29 383 13.2 46 0 5 Ronnie Lippett 420 6 Mike Haynes 28 393 14.0 50 1 6 Mike Haynes 393 7 Maurice Hurst 27 263 9.7 36 1 7 Roland James 383 8 Ronnie Lippett 24 420 17.5 73 2 8 Don Webb 366 9 Nick Buoniconti 24 223 9.3 41 0 9 Prentice McCray 352 10 Asante Samuel 22 313 14.2 55t 3 10 Asante Samuel 313 11 Don Webb 21 366 17.4 59 2 11 Ross O'Hanley 288 12 Lawyer Milloy 19 123 6.5 30t 1 12 Otis Smith 278 13 Ron Bolton 18 116 6.4 56 0 13 Bob Suci 277 14 Steve Nelson 17 226 13.3 37 0 14 Maurice Hurst 263 15 Tim Fox 17 215 12.6 29 0 15 Chuck Shonta 261 16 Rick Sanford 16 198 12.4 99t 1 16 Steve Nelson 226 17 Tom Addison 16 103 6.4 17 1 17 Nick Buoniconti 223 18 Prentice McCray 15 352 23.5 63t 2 18 Tim Fox 215 19 Ross O'Hanley 15 288 19.2 61 1 19 Dick Felt 199 20 Chuck Shonta 15 261 17.4 52 0 20 Rick Sanford 198 21 Willie Clay 13 178 13.7 53t 1 21 Sam Hunt 189 22 Dick Felt 12 199 16.6 35 0 22 Tedy Bruschi 187 23 Tedy Bruschi 12 187 15.6 48t 4 23 Larry Carwell 186 24 Mike Vrabel 11 73 6.6 24t 1 24 Willie Clay 178 25 Otis Smith 10 278 27.8 78t 2 25 Honor Jackson 133 26 Larry Carwell 10 186 18.6 53t 1 26 Terrell Buckley 126 27 Vincent Brown 10 95 9.5 49t 1 27 Fred Bruney 125 28 Bob Howard 10 90 9.0 44t 1 28 Lawyer Milloy 123 29 Eugene Wilson 10 74 7.4 14 1 29 Jimmy Hitchcock 118 30 Leroy Mitchell 10 50 5.0 20 0 30 Ron Bolton 116 31 Phil Philpott 9 91 10.1 23 0 31 Tom Hennessey 113 32 Fred Bruney 8 125 15.6 33t 1 32 James Sanders 112 33 Tom Hennesse y 8 113 14.1 33 0 33 John Charles 110 34 Rodne y Harrison 8 16 2.0 12 0 34 Tom Addison 103 35 Ellis Hobbs 8 94 11.8 70 0 35 Tyrone Poole 102 36 Bob Suci 7 277 39.6 98t 2 36 Art McMahon 99 37 Sam Hunt 7 189 27.0 68t 1 37 Vincent Brown 95 38 Terrell Buckley 7 126 18.0 52t 1 38 Ellis Hobbs 94 39 Tyrone Poole 7 102 14.6 44 0 39 Phil Philpott 91 40 Johnny Rembert 7 70 10.0 37 0 40 Harlon Barnett 91 41 Clyde Washington 7 58 8.3 33 0 41 Bob Howard 90 42 Jerome Henderson 7 52 7.4 34 0 42 Victor Green 90 43 John Charles 6 110 18.3 35t 1 43 Willie McGinest 90 44 Rod McSwain 6 89 14.8 42 0 44 Rod McSwain 89 45 John Sanders 6 75 12.5 23t 1 45 John Outlaw 89 46 Lawrence McGrew 6 49 8.2 27 0 46 Myron Guyton 86 47 Ricky Reynolds 6 24 4.0 11 0 47 Daryl Johnson 85 48 Honor Jackson 5 133 26.6 55 0 48 Jim Cheyunski 82 49 James Sanders 5 112 22.4 42 1 49 Chris Singleton 82 50 Myron Guyton 5 86 17.2 45 0 50 Larry Whigham 81 51 Daryl Johnson 5 85 17.0 42 0 51 Jim Lee Hunt 78 52 Randall Gay 5 75 15.0 31 0 52 John Sanders 75 53 Don Blackmon 5 63 12.6 39 0 53 Randall Gay 75 54 Mike Hawkins 5 56 11.2 35t 1 54 Eugene Wilson 74 55 Rod Shoate 5 50 10.0 42t 1 55 Mike Vrabel 73 56 Jimmy Hitchcock 4 118 29.5 100t 1 56 Johnny Rembert 70 57 Harlon Barnett 4 91 22.8 40 0 57 Jay Cunningham 70 58 Willie McGinest 4 90 22.5 46t 2 58 Gino Cappelletti 68 59 Larry Whigham 4 81 20.3 60t 1 59 Terry Ray 66 60 Gino Cappelletti 4 68 17.0 27 0 60 Adalius Thomas 65
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK ALL-TIME PUNTING LEADERS
PATRIOTS ALL-TIME PUNTING LEADERS (By Average) PATRIOTS PUNTING LEADERS (Yardage) Rk Name No Yds Avg LG TB In20 Blk Rk Name No Yds Avg LG 1 Tom Tupa 215 9602 44.7 73 30 51 1 1 Rich Camarillo 468 19922 42.6 76 2 Josh Miller 175 7628 43.6 69 16 53 1 2 Tom Yewcic 378 14553 38.5 70 3 Luke Prestridge 44 1884 42.8 89 5 8 0 3 Jeff Feagles 244 9626 39.5 74 4 Chris Hanson 81 3459 42.7 70 15 28 1 4 Tom Tupa 215 9602 44.7 73 5 Rich Camarillo 468 19922 42.6 76 60 106 4 5 Tom Janik 243 9516 39.2 na 6 Mike Saxon 73 3096 42.4 59 7 25 3 6 Lee Johnson 203 8578 42.3 76 7 Lee Johnson 203 8578 42.3 76 22 57 0 7 Mike Patrick 225 8481 37.7 64 8 Bryan Wagner 37 1557 42.1 57 4 13 0 8 Ken Walter 211 8141 38.6 58 9 Todd Sauerbrun 10 408 40.8 58 0 2 0 9 Josh Miller 175 7628 43.6 69 10 Bob Scarpitto 34 1382 40.6 87 na na 2 10 Shawn McCarthy 169 6862 40.6 93 11 Shawn McCarthy 169 6862 40.6 93 7 35 2 11 Terry Swanson 127 5081 40.0 62 12 Terry Swanson 127 5081 40.0 62 na na 2 12 Pat O'Neill 110 4355 39.6 67 13 Pat O'Neill 110 4355 39.6 67 9 39 0 13 Bruce Barnes 100 3738 37.4 53 14 Jeff Feagles 244 9626 39.5 74 18 55 3 14 Chris Hanson 81 3459 42.7 70 15 Tom Janik 243 9516 39.2 na na na 1 15 Mike Hubach 82 3118 38.0 69 16 Adam Wagner 14 548 39.1 54 0 0 0 16 Mike Saxon 73 3096 42.4 59 17 Ken Walter 211 8141 38.6 58 14 73 2 17 Eddie Hare 83 3038 36.6 58 18 Tom Yewcic 378 14553 38.5 70 na na 9 18 Pat Studstill 75 2859 38.1 57 19 Pat Studstill 75 2859 38.1 57 na na 1 19 Tom Greene 61 2253 36.9 66 20 Mike Hubach 82 3118 38.0 69 4 14 0 20 Jim Fraser 55 2044 37.2 68 21 Mike Patrick 225 8481 37.7 64 20 25 3 21 Jerrel Wilson 54 1921 35.6 57 22 Bruce Barnes 100 3738 37.4 53 na na 0 22 Luke Prestridge 44 1884 42.8 89 23 Dave Chapple 26 967 37.2 57 na na 0 23 Bryan Wagner 37 1557 42.1 57 24 Jim Fraser 55 2044 37.2 68 na na 2 24 Bob Scarpitto 34 1382 40.6 87 25 Tom Greene 61 2253 36.9 66 na na 1 25 Dave Chapple 26 967 37.2 57 26 Eddie Hare 83 3038 36.6 58 11 20 1 26 Alan Herline 25 861 34.4 50 27 Brooks Barnard 10 365 36.5 49 1 4 0 27 Adam Wagner 14 548 39.1 54 28 Babe Parilli 5 180 36.0 45 na na 0 28 Clyde Washington 17 539 31.7 48 29 Tom Brady 1 36 36.0 36 0 1 0 29 Todd Sauerbrun 10 408 40.8 58 30 Jerrel Wilson 54 1921 35.6 57 4 14 0 30 Brooks Barnard 10 365 36.5 49 31 Alan Herline 25 861 34.4 50 4 1 1 31 Ken Hartly 9 266 29.6 41 32 Ed Wilson 6 194 32.3 49 na na 1 32 Ed Wilson 6 194 32.3 49 33 Clyde Washington 17 539 31.7 48 na na 0 33 Babe Parilli 5 180 36.0 45 34 Adam Vinatieri 2 60 30.0 33 0 2 0 34 Jeff White 6 163 27.2 51 35 Ken Hartly 9 266 29.6 41 2 0 0 35 Adam Vinatieri 2 60 30.0 33 36 Matt Bahr 1 29 29.0 29 1 0 0 36 Tom Brady 1 36 36.0 36 37 Jeff White 6 163 27.2 51 na na 0 37 Matt Bahr 1 29 29.0 29 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK THE LAST TIME (REGULAR SEASON) OVERTIME VICTORY Patriots 23, Texans 20 at Houston on Nov. 23, 2003 OVERTIME LOSS Jets 34, Patriots 31 at Gillette Stadium, Nov. 13, 2008 TIED GAME Patriots 31, Chargers 31 at San Diego on Oct. 8, 1967 SHUTOUTS Patriots: 35-0 at Green Bay on Nov. 19, 2006 Opponents: 0-21 at Miami on Dec. 10, 2006 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED BY OFFENSE, DEFENSE AND SPECIAL TEAMS Patriots: at Cleveland on Dec. 5, 2004 AT LEAST 6 TOUCHDOWNS Patriots: 6 at Miami on Nov. 23, 2008 (3 rushing, 3 passing) GAME OPENING SCORES SCORING A TOUCHDOWN ON OPENING KICKOFF Patriots: at Cleveland on Dec. 5, 2004 (Bethel Johnson - 93 yards) SCORING A TOUCHDOWN ON FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE Patriots: Opponents: Buffalo on Sept. 10, 2006 (London Fletcher-Baker 5-yd FR returned for TD) SCORING A TOUCHDOWN ON OPENING DRIVES Patriots: vs. Pittsburgh on Nov. 30, 2008 (3-14; :45) Opponents: at New York Giants on Dec. 29, 2007 (7-74; 4:01) SCORING A TOUCHDOWN ON FIRST TWO DRIVES Patriots: at Buffalo on Nov. 18, 2007 (2-13; 0:34)(6-63; 2:18) Opponents: Indianapolis on Nov. 5, 2006 (9-68; 4:43)(8-82; 4:29) OFFENSIVE TEAM TOTALS 400 TOTAL NET YARDS Patriots: 530 at Miami on Nov. 23, 2008 (122 rush, 408 pass) Opponents: 404 at. San Diego on Oct. 12, 2008 (98 rush, 306 pass) 500 TOTAL NET YARDS Patriots: 530 at Miami on Nov. 23, 2008 (122 rush, 408 pass) Opponents: 525, at Miami on Sept. 4, 1994 (69 rush, 456 pass) 200 NET YARDS RUSHING Patriots: 257, vs Denver on Oct. 20, 2008 Opponents: 216, vs. Miami on Sept. 21, 2008 300 NET YARDS RUSHING Patriots: 328, vs. N.Y. Jets on Sept. 18, 1983 Opponents: 306, at Philadelphia on Nov. 4, 1990 300 NET YARDS PASSING Patriots: 408 at Miami on Nov. 23, 2008 Opponents: 330 at Miami on Nov. 23, 2008 400 NET YARDS PASSING Patriots: 408 at Miami on Nov. 23, 2008 Opponents: 413, vs. Jacksonville on Sept. 22, 1996
NO SACKS ALLOWED Patriots: at Indianapolis on Nov. 2, 2008 Opponents: at Indianapolis on Nov. 2, 2008
NO SACKS ALLOWED BY BOTH TEAMS Both Teams: at Indianapolis on Nov. 2, 2008
NO TURNOVERS - BOTH TEAMS Both Teams: at New York Jets on Sept. 9, 2007 Pats Stats 12/2/2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK THE LAST TIME
INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE PERFORMANCES RUSHING 100 YARDS RUSHING Patriots: 105, BenJarvus Green-Ellis vs. Buffalo on Nov. 9, 2008 Opponents: 104, Thomas Jones vs. New York Jets on Nov. 13, 2008
200 YARDS RUSHING Patriots: 212, Tony Collins vs. NY Jets on Sept. 18, 1983 Opponents: 217, LaDainian Tomlinson at San Diego on Sept. 29, 2002
2 RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS Patriots: 2, Kevin Faulk at San Francisco on Oct. 5, 2008 Opponents: 4, Ronnie Brown vs. Miami on Sept. 21, 2008
3 OR MORE RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS Patriots: 3, Corey Dillon vs. Detroit on Dec. 3, 2006 Opponents: 4, Ronnie Brown vs. Miami on Sept. 21, 2008
RECEIVING 10 OR MORE RECEPTIONS Patriots: 11, Wes Welker at New York Giants on Dec. 29, 2007 Opponents: 10, TJ Houshmandzadeh at Cincinnati on Oct. 1, 2007 100 YARDS RECEIVING Patriots: 125, Randy Moss; 120 ,Wes Welker at Miami on Nov. 23, 2008 Opponents: 163, Donnie Avery vs. St. Louis on Oct. 26, 2008 2 RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS Patriots: 3, Randy Moss at Miami on Nov. 23,2008 Opponents: 2, Plaxico Burress at New York Giants on Dec. 29, 2007 3 OR MORE RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS Patriots: 3, Randy Moss at Miami on Nov. 23,2008 Opponents: 3, Marvin Harrison vs. Indianapolis on Sept. 19, 1999 4 OR MORE RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS Patriots: 4, Randy Moss at Buffalo on Nov. 18, 2007 PASSING 300-YARD PASSER Patriots: 415, Matt Cassel at Miami on Nov. 23, 2008 Opponents: 341, Chad Pennington at Miami on Nov. 23, 2008
400-YARD PASSER Patriots: 415, Matt Cassel at Miami on Nov. 23, 2008 Opponents: 401, Kurt Warner vs. St. Louis on Nov. 18, 2001
4 TOUCHDOWN PASSES Patriots: 4, Tom Brady vs. Pittsburgh on Dec. 9, 2007 Opponents: 4, Eli Manning at New York Giants on Dec. 29, 2007
5 TOUCHDOWN PASSES Patriots: 5, Tom Brady at Buffalon on Nov. 18, 2007 Opponents: 5, Dan Marino at Miami on Sept. 4, 1996
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK THE LAST TIME
MULTIPLE MILESTONE PERFORMANCES
TWO 100-YARD RUSHERS Patriots: Tony Collins (103) and Mark van Eeghen (100) at Seattle on Dec. 19, 1982 Opponents: Randall Cunningham (124) and Heath Sherman (113) vs. Philadelphia on Nov. 4, 1990
2 RECEIVERS TO HAVE 10 OR MORE RECEPTIONS Patriots: Leroy Thompson (11), Michael Timpson (10), Ben Coates (10) vs. Minnesota on 11/13/94 Opponents: none
TWO 100-YARD RECEIVERS Patriots: Randy Moss (125),Wes Welker (120) at Miami on Nov. 23, 2008 Opponents: Jerricho Cotchery (121), Laveranues Coles (100) at New York Jets on Sept. 17, 2006
100-YARD RUSHER AND 100-YARD RECEIVER Patriots: BenJarvus Green-Ellis (105 rush) and Wes Welker (107 rec.) vs. Buffalo on Nov. 9, 2008 Opponents: Joseph Addai (112 rush and 114 rec.) at Indianapolis on Nov. 4, 2007
100-YARD RUSHER, 100-YARD RECEIVER, 300-YARD PASSER Patriots: Laurence Maroney (103 rush), Randy Moss (115 rec.) and Tom Brady (311 passing) vs. Buffalo on Sept. 23, 2007 Opponents: E. James (104 rush), Marvin Harrison (128 rec.), Reggie Wayne (124 rec.) and Peyton Manning (321 passing) vs. Indianapolis 11/7/05 TOUCHDOWN RUSH, TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION, TOUCHDOWN PASS Patriots: David Patten (29-yd run, 91 and 6-yd rec., 60-yd pass) at Indianapolis on Oct. 21, 2001 Opponents: none INDIVIDUAL DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCES
INTERCEPTION RETURNED FOR A TOUCHDOWN Patriots: 5 yards, Eugene Wilson (Kellen Clemens) vs. NY Jets on Dec. 16, 2007 Opponents: 36 yards, Jason Taylor (Matt Cassel) at Miami on Oct. 21, 2007
TWO INTERCEPTIONS RETURNED FOR TOUCHDOWNS Patriots: Otis Smith (76 yards) and Ty Law (46 yards) at Carolina on Jan. 6, 2002
AT LEAST TWO INTERCEPTIONS Patriots: 2, Asante Samuel (AJ Feeley) vs. Philadelphia on Nov. 25, 2007 Opponents: 2, Cato June vs. Indianapolis on Nov. 5, 2006
AT LEAST THREE INTERCEPTIONS Patriots: 3, Asante Samuel vs. Chicago on Nov. 26, 2006 Opponents: 3, Greg Wesley at Kansas City on Nov. 27, 2005
FUMBLE RECOVERED IN THE END ZONE FOR A TOUCHDOWN Patriots: Jarvis Green vs. Baltimore on Nov. 28, 2004 Opponents: Leonard Little at St. Louis on Nov. 7, 2004
FUMBLE RETURNED FOR A TOUCHDOWN Patriots: Ellis Hobbs (35 yards) at Buffalo on Nov. 18, 2007 Opponents: Jason Hatcher (29 yards) at Dallas on Oct. 14, 2007 AT LEAST THREE QUARTERBACK SACKS Patriots: 3, Mike Vrabel vs. Miami on Dec. 23, 2007 Opponents: 3, Mike Mamula at Philadelphia on Dec. 19, 1999 SAFETY Patriots: Ty Warren sack of JP Losman vs. Buffalo on Sept. 10, 2006 Opponents: Tom Brady (sacked) fumble recovered in end zone by Heath Evans (Jared DeVries) vs. Detroit on Dec. 3, 2006
Pats Stats 12/2/2008 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2008 STATS PACK THE LAST TIME
INDIVIDUAL SPECIAL TEAMS PERFORMANCES
KICKOFF RETURNED FOR TOUCHDOWN Patriots: Ellis Hobbs (108 yards) at New York Jets on Sept. 9, 2007 Opponents: Leon Washington (92 yards) vs New York Jets on Nov. 13, 2008
PUNT RETURNED FOR TOUCHDOWN Patriots: Troy Brown (68 yards) at Carolina on Jan. 6, 2002 Opponents: Pacman Jones (81 yards) at Tennessee on Dec. 31, 2006
BLOCKED PUNT Patriots: Kelley Washington (Ben Graham) vs. NY Jets on Dec. 16, 2007 Opponents: David Bowens (Chris Hanson) vs. NY Jets on Dec. 16, 2007
BLOCKED PUNT RETURNED/RECOVERED FOR A TOUCHDOWN Patriots: Tedy Bruschi (4 yards) at Baltimore on Oct. 6, 1996 Opponents: David Bowens (Chris Hanson) 26 yards vs. NY Jets on Dec. 16, 2007
BLOCKED FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT Patriots: Richard Seymour (Robbie Gould) 45-yard attempt vs. Chicago on Nov. 26, 2006 Opponents: Domonique Foxworth (Stephen Gostkowski) 37-yard attempt vs. Denver on Sept. 24, 2006
MULTIPLE BLOCKED KICKS Patriots: Chad Eaton at Buffalo on Dec. 17, 2000 (2 Steve Christie FG Attempts)
FAKE PUNT Patriots: vs. Cincinnati on Dec. 12, 2004 (Upback Larry Izzo rush for 0 yds)
FAKE FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT Patriots: vs. St. Louis on Nov. 7, 2004 (Vinatieri TD pass to Troy Brown) Opponents: vs. Cincinnati on Dec. 12, 2004 (Holder Kyle Larson 19-yd TD run)
FAKE PAT ATTEMPT Patriots: Kansas City on Sept. 22, 2002 (Ken Walter run failed)
BLOCKED PAT Patriots: Tebucky Jones at Miami on Oct. 6, 2002 (Olindo Mare) Opponents: Tony Brown at Tennessee on Dec. 31, 2006 (Stephen Gostkowski)
PAT KICK MISSED (not blocked) Patriots: Adam Vinatieri vs. Buffalo on Oct. 27, 1996 (wide left) Opponents: Doug Pelfrey at Cincinnati on Sept. 18, 1994 (wide right)
4 FIELD GOALS IN A GAME Patriots: Stephen Gostkowski (4-of-4) vs. New York Jets on September 14,2008 Opponents: Lawrence Tynes (4-of-4) at Kansas City on Nov. 27, 2005
5 FIELD GOALS IN A GAME Patriots: Adam Vinatieri (5-of-5) vs. Buffalo on Nov. 14, 2004 Opponents: Olindo Mare (6-of-6) vs. Miami on Oct. 17, 1999
Bold Indicates 2008 Entry
Pats Stats 12/2/2008